Eurycea rathbuni (Stejneger, 1896)
Typhlomolge rathbuni Stejneger, 1896, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 18: 620. Holotype: USNM 22686, by original designation. Type locality: "Subterranean waters near San Marcos, [Hays County,] Texas", USA; corrected to "Texas: San Marcos, U.S. Fish Commission Well 42" by Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 257. Given as "Artesian well 188 feet deep, at U.S. Fish Commission Station, San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas", USA by Stejneger and Barbour, 1933, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 3: 15.
Eurycea rathbuni — Mitchell and Reddell, 1965, Texas J. Sci., 17: 23. Mitchell and Smith, 1972, Texas J. Sci., 23: 344; Petranka, 1998, Salamand. U.S. Canada: 273.
Typhlomolge rathbuni — Wake, 1966, Mem. S. California Acad. Sci., 4: 64-66.
Eurycea (Paedomolge, Notiomolge, Typhlomolge) rathbuni — Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox, and Chippindale, 2001, Herpetologica, 57: 275. Invalid name formulation under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999) as discussed by Dubois, 2007, Cladistics, 23: 395.
Eurycea (Typhlomolge) rathbuni — Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 181.
English Names
Texas Blind Salamander (Strecker, 1915, Baylor Bull., 18: 56; Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 357; Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 44; Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 176; Conant, 1975, Field Guide Rept. Amph. E. Cent. N. Am., Ed. 2: 295; Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 9; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 34; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 10; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 23; USFWS; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 18; 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).
San Marcos Salamander (Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 357).
White Salamander (Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 357).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (San Marcos Pool of the Edward Aquifer, Hays County, Texas, USA).
Comment
See accounts by Chippindale, 2000, in Bruce et al., Biol. Plethodontid Salamanders: 149-178, and Chippindale, Price, Wiens, and Hillis, 2000, Herpetol. Monogr., 14: 1-80. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 181, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 573.
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