Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Typhlotriton spelaeus Stejneger, 1892, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 15: 116. Holotype: USNM 17903, according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 28. Type locality: "Rock House Cave, [Barry County,] Missouri", USA.

Typhlotriton nereus Bishop, 1944, Copeia, 1944: 1. Holotype: FMNH 93143, by original designation. Type locality: "York Spring, Imboden, Lawrence Co[unty]., Arkansas", USA. Synonymy by Brandon, 1966, Copeia, 1966: 555-561, and Smith, 1968, Wasmann J. Biol., 26: 156.

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. Considered tentatively a synonym by Brandon and Black, 1970, Copeia, 1970: 388-391.

Eurycea spelaeus — Bonett and Chippindale, 2004, Mol. Ecol., 13: 1199. Gender disagreement.

Eurycea spelaea — Frost, 2004, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 3.0: . Correction of gender agreement.

Eurycea (Eurycea) spelaea — Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 184-185.

English Names

Veil-eyed Salamander (Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 44),

Grotto Salamander (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: 296; 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; 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: 13; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 27).

Ozarks Blind Salamander (Smith, 1934, Am. Midl. Nat., 15: 413).

Ozark Blind Salamander (Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 351). x; Smith, 1934, Am. Midl. Nat., 15: 390

Spring Blind Salamander (Typhlotriton nereus) [no longer recognized]: Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 44),

Spring Grotto Salamander (Typhlotriton nereus) [no longer recognized]: Conant, Cagle, Goin, Lowe, Neill, Netting, Schmidt, Shaw, Stebbins, and Bogert, 1956, Copeia, 1956: 176).

Distribution

Caves and springs on the Salem and Springfield plateaus of the Ozark region of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, USA.

Comment

See accounts (as Typhlotriton speleus) by Brandon, 1965, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 20: 1-2; and Brandon, 1970, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 84: 1; Petranka, 1998, Salamand. U.S. Canada: 307-309. Bonett and Chippindale, 2004, Mol. Ecol., 13: 1189-1203, addressed the phylogenetic relationships of this taxon with the remainder of the Eurycea multiplicata complex. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 184-185 provided a brief account, photograph, and map.

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