Pseudoeurycea galeanae (Taylor, 1941)
Bolitoglossa galaenae Taylor, 1941, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 54: 83. Holotype: EHT-HMS 17146, by original designation; now FMNH 100113 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 36. Type locality: "near Galeana, N[uevo]. L[eón]., [Mexico,] 7,000 ft. elevation"; rendered as 15 mi. west of Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 9. Incorrect original spelling as evidenced by comparison with type locality name Galeana.
Bolitoglossa galeanae — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 121. Justified emendation.
Pseudoeurycea galeanae — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 209.
Pseudoeurycea galaenae — Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 37.
English Names
Galeana False Brook Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 33; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 33).
Distribution
Areas surrounding Galeana and Itubide in southern Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1800-2800 m elevation.
Comment
Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 189-232, made the justified emendation of the spelling of the species name. See account by Liner, 1998, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 643: 1-3. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 219, provided a brief account, photograph, and map, and considered it to be in the Pseudoeurycea bellii group. Liner, Johnson, and Chaney, 1976, Herpetol. Rev., 7: 177, provided specific localities for this species and commented on the range.
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