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Eurycea pterophila Burger, Smith, and Potter, 1950
Eurycea pterophila Burger, Smith, and Potter, 1950, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 63: 51. Holotype: FCP A993, by original designation; current location not known and presumed lost. Type locality: "The shallow stream flowing from Fern Bank Spring, 6.3 miles northeast of Wimberley on the Blanco River road, Hays County, Texas."
Eurycea neotenes pterophila — Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 56.
Eurycea (Paedomolge, Notiomolge, Blepsimolge) pterophila — Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox, and Chippindale, 2001, Herpetologica, 57: 275. See comment under Eurycea.
Eurycea (Blepsimolge) pterophila — Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 180; Devitt, Wright, Cannatella, and Hillis, 2019, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116: 2624–2633.
Eurycea (Notiomolge) pterophila — Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012, Alytes, 28: 144.
Eurycea (Typhlomolge) pterophila — Fouquette and Dubois, 2014, Checklist N.A. Amph. Rept.: 141.
Common Names
Fern Bank Neotenic Salamander (Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 54).
Fern Bank Salamander (Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 174; Conant, 1975, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. Cent. N. Am., Ed. 2: 293; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 12; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 27; Powell, Conant, and Collins, 2016, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. North Am., 4th ed.: 61; Highton, Bonett, and Jockusch, 2017, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 43: 28).
Distribution
Springs and caves of the Blanco River drainage in Blanco, Comal, Hays, and Kendall counties, Texas, USA.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: United States of America, United States of America - Texas
Endemic: United States of America, United States of America - Texas
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Eurycea neotenes by Chippindale, 2000, in Bruce et al., Biol. Plethodontid Salamanders: 161, where it had been placed by Sweet, 1978, Herpetologica, 34: 101–107. See also account by Chippindale, Price, Wiens, and Hillis, 2000, Herpetol. Monogr., 14: 1–80. Chippindale, 2005, in Lannoo (ed.), Amph. Declines: 758, provided a detailed account that summarized the biology and conservation literature. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 240 provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Altig and McDiarmid, 2015, Handb. Larval Amph. US and Canada: 114–115, provided an account of larval morphology and biology. Devitt, Wright, Cannatella, and Hillis, 2019, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116: 2624–2633, reported on the phylogenetic relationships and aquifer loyalty of this species. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 533, provided an account, summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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