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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander
Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison and Guttman, 2003
yoor-EE-see-uh — CHAM-ber-lane-eye

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Province/State Distribution:
United States: North Carolina South Carolina

Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for a herpetologist.
Eurycea — Rafinesque (1822) intentionally used a mythological-sounding name, but its specific Greek meaning or derivation was not disclosed. So, while modern etymologists may connect Eurycea to Eurydice or Greek roots (eurys “broad”), Rafinesque himself treated it as a classical name without a defined origin.
chamberlaini — Patronym honoring Edward Burnham Chamberlain (1895-1986), curator and herpetologist in South Carolina.

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
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iNaturalist
  
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USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1993 Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
2003 Harrison, Julian R. III and Sheldon I. Guttman. A new species of Eurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from North and South Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist 2(2):159-178
2009 Lucas, Lauren K., Zachariah Gompert, James R. Ott, and Chris C. Nice. Geographic and genetic isolation in spring-associated Eurycea salamanders endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. Conservation Genetics 10:1309-1319
2010 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letter 13:1378-1389
2012 Lamb, Trip and David A. Beamer. Digits lost or gained? Evidence for pedal evolution in the Dwarf Salamander Complex (Eurycea, Plethodontidae). PLoS One 7(5):1-9
2012 Lamb, Trip and David A. Beamer. Digits lost or gained? Evidence for pedal evolution in the Dwarf Salamander Complex (Eurycea, Plethodontidae). PLoS One 7(5):1-9
2017 Wray, K. P., D. B. Means, and S. J. Steppan. Revision of the Eurycea quadridigitata (Holbrook 1842) complex of Dwarf Salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Hemidactyliinae) with a description of two new species. Herpetological Monographs 31(1):18–46
2025 Siegel, Dustin S., Jon M. Davenport, David A. Beamer, Jasmine Nasser, and Christopher M. Murray. Seasonal dynamics of head shape in Eurycea chamberlaini (Caudata, Plethodontidae, Spelerpini). Ichthyology & Herpetology 113(1):1-7
2026 Pierson, Todd W., Stacey L. Lance, Padraic S. Robinson, E. Tucker Stonecypher, and David A. Beamer. Range-wide phylogeography of Chamberlain’s dwarf salamander (Eurycea chamberlaini). Conservation Genetics 27(31):1-9

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