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Species of amphibian

Eurycea subfluvicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: E. subfluvicola
Binomial name
Eurycea subfluvicola
Bonett, 2014

Eurycea subfluvicola, commonly known as the Ouachita streambed salamander, is a species of salamanders found within the Slunger creek valley in Lake Catherine State Park, Arkansas. The species is paedomorphic. The species' scientific name derives from "sub" (below), "fluvius" (stream), and "colo" (to dwell).

References

  1. ^ Steffen, Michael A.; Irwin, Kelly J.; Blair, Andrea L.; Bonett, Ronald M. (2014-03-26). "Larval masquerade: a new species of paedomorphic salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Eurycea ) from the Ouachita Mountains of North America | STEFFEN | Zootaxa". Zootaxa. 3786 (4): 423–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.4.2. PMID 24869544.
  2. "Univ. of Tulsa researchers find new species of salamander". THV11.com. April 15, 2014.
Taxon identifiers
Eurycea subfluvicola


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