Eurycea braggi (Smith, 1968)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Eurycea > Species: Eurycea braggi

Typhlotriton braggi Smith, 1968, Wasmann J. Biol., 26: 156. Holotype. USNM 167146, by original designation. Type locality: "Cushman Cave, 3 1/2 miles SE. of Cushman, Independence County, Arkansas", USA. 

Eurycea braggiPhillips, Fenolio, Emel, and Bonett, 2017, J. Biogeograph., 44: 2470. 

Eurycea (Typhlotriton) braggi — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 500–501, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

English Names

Southern Grotto Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 543).

Distribution

Ozark Plateau of northern Arkansas, USA, predominantly on the East Springfield Plateau. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: United States of America, United States of America - Arkansas

Endemic: United States of America, United States of America - Arkansas

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Eurycea spelaea by Phillips, Fenolio, Emel, and Bonett, 2017, J. Biogeograph., 44: 2470, where it had been placed tentatively by Brandon and Black, 1970, Copeia, 1970: 388–391. See Eurycea spelaea record for relevant literature. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 543, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 63, briefly discussed the location of paratypes.    

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