Eurycea spelaea

Eurycea spelaea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: Eurycea spelaea

Name

Eurycea spelaea (Stejneger, 1892)

Type locality: "Rock House Cave, [Barry County,] Missouri", USA.

Holotype: USNM 17903.

Synonyms

• Typhlotriton spelaeus Stejneger, 1892
• Typhlotriton nereus Bishop, 1944
• Typhlotriton braggi Smith, 1968
• Eurycea spelaeus — Bonett & Chippindale, 2004
• Eurycea spelaea — Frost, 2004
• Eurycea (Eurycea) spelaea — Raffaëlli, 2007

References

Primary references

• Stejneger, 1892, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 15: 116.
• Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 184–185.

Additional references

• Soares, D., Adams, R., Hammond, S., Slay, M.E., Fenolio, D.B. & Niemiller, M.L. 2017. Evolution of coprophagy and nutrient absorption in a Cave Salamander. Subterranean Biology, 24: 1–9. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.24.15013 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Eurycea spelaea
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Eurycea spelaea. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eurycea spelaea  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 5 August 2008. (as Typhlotriton spelaeus)

Vernacular names

English: Grotto Salamander