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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataVertebrataAmphibiaCaudataPlethodontidae

Genus Eurycea
Rafinesque, 1822 · Brook Salamanders

Species in this portal
19
Ecological class
6 stygobionts, 5 trogloxenes, 3 troglobionts, 3 troglophiles and 2 stygophiles
Realm
Aquatic, Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
16 states and provinces
Counties
210
Karst regions
Edwards Plateau and Balcones, Florida Lime Sinks, Ozarks
Conservation
6 of 18 ranked G1 or G2; 3 federally listed

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) Trogloxene G5 LC OH
Eurycea braggi (Smith, 1968) Southern Grotto Salamander Troglobiont GNR LC AR, MO Ozarks
Eurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000 Salado Salamander Stygophile G1 EN TX
Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831) Southern Two-Lined Salamander Trogloxene G5 LC AL, FL, GA, KY, TN
Eurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838) Three-Lined Salamander Trogloxene G5 LC AL, FL, GA
Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) Long-Tailed Salamander Troglophile G5 LC AL, GA, IL, KY, MO, TN
Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822 Cave Salamander Troglophile G5 LC AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MO, OK, TN, VA, WV
Eurycea melanopleura (Cope, 1894) Dark-Sided Salamander Troglophile AR, OK
Eurycea multiplicata (Cope, 1869) Many-Ribbed Salamander Trogloxene G4 LC AR
Eurycea nerea (Bishop, 1944) Northern Grotto Salamander Troglobiont GNR LC AR, KS, MO Ozarks
Eurycea pterophila Burger, Smith & Potter, 1950 Fern Bank Salamander Stygophile G3 EN TX
Eurycea rathbuni (Stejneger, 1896) Texas Blind Salamander Stygobiont G1 CR ESA TX Edwards Plateau and Balcones
Eurycea robusta (Longley, 1978) Blanco Blind Salamander Stygobiont G1 DD TX Edwards Plateau and Balcones
Eurycea spelaea (Stejneger, 1892) Western Grotto Salamander Troglobiont G4 LC AR, KS, MO, MT, OK Ozarks
Eurycea tonkawae Chippindale et al., 2000 Jollyville Plateau Salamander Stygobiont G2 EN ESA TX Edwards Plateau and Balcones
Eurycea tridentifera Mitchell & Reddell, 1965 Comal Blind Salamander Stygobiont G3 VU TX Edwards Plateau and Balcones
Eurycea wallacei (Carr, 1939) Georgia Blind Salamander Stygobiont G1G2 VU FL, GA Florida Lime Sinks
Eurycea waterlooensis Hillis et al., 2001 Austin Blind Salamander Stygobiont G1 CR ESA TX Edwards Plateau and Balcones
Eurycea wilderae Dunn, 1920 Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander Trogloxene G5 LC TN

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
4GPZ
GBIF
5218343
ITIS
173684
iNaturalist
27087
NCBI Taxonomy
43043

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