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Eurycea waterlooensis Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox, and Chippindale, 2001

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

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Eurycea (Paedomolge, Notiomolge, Typhlomolge) waterlooensis Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox, and Chippindale, 2001, Herpetologica, 57: 268. Holotype: TNHC 60201, by original designation. Type locality: "Sunken Gardens Spring. . . , an outlet of Barton Springs, Zilker park, Austin, Travis Co., Texas", USA. Invalid name formulation under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999) as discussed by Dubois, 2007, Cladistics, 23: 395.

Eurycea (Typhlomolge) waterlooensis — Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 181.

English Names

Austin Blind Salamander (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 574; 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).

Distribution

Known only from Sunken Gardens Spring, Zilker Park, Austin, Travis Co., Texas, USA.

Comment

Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 181, provided a brief account and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 574.

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