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Eurycea Rafinesque, 1822
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173684

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Haideotriton Carr, 1939
		Typhlomolge Stejneger, 1896
		Typhlotriton Stejneger, 1892
		Spelerpes Rafinesque, 1832
		Cylindrosoma Tschudi, 1838
		Saurocercus Fitzinger, 1843
		Manculus Cope, 1869
		Paedomolge Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox and Chippindale, 2001
		Septentriomolge Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox and Chippindale, 2001
		Notiomolge Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox and Chippindale, 2001
		Blepsimolge Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox and Chippindale, 2001
	Common Name(s):	Brook Salamanders [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cord�s, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vert�br�s, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Amphibia – amphibiens, anf�bio, Amphibians
	Order	Caudata – salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders
	Family	Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 – Lungless Salamanders
	Subfamily	Hemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856
	Genus	Eurycea Rafinesque, 1822 – Brook Salamanders
		Direct Children:
	Species	Eurycea aquatica Rose and Bush, 1963 – Dark-sided Salamander, Brown-backed Salamander
	Species	Eurycea arenicola Stuart, Beamer, Farrington, Beane, Chek, Pusser, Som, Stephan, Sever and Braswell, 2020
	Species	Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) – Two-lined Salamander, salamandre � deux lignes, Northern Two-lined Salamander
	Species	Eurycea braggi (Smith, 1968)
	Species	Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison and Guttman, 2003 – Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander
	Species	Eurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens and Hillis, 2000 – Salado Salamander
	Species	Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831) – Southern Two-lined Salamander
	Species	Eurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838) – Three-lined Salamander
	Species	Eurycea hillisi Wray, Means and Steppan, 2017 – Hillis's Dwarf Salamander
	Species	Eurycea junaluska Sever, Dundee and Sullivan, 1976 – Junaluska Salamander
	Species	Eurycea latitans Smith and Potter, 1946 – Cascade Caverns Salamander
	Species	Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) – Long-tailed Salamander
	Species	Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822 – Cave Salamander
	Species	Eurycea melanopleura (Cope, 1894)
	Species	Eurycea multiplicata (Cope, 1869) – Many-ribbed Salamander
	Species	Eurycea nana Bishop, 1941 – San Marcos Salamander
	Species	Eurycea naufragia Chippindale, Price, Wiens and Hillis, 2000 – Georgetown Salamander
	Species	Eurycea neotenes Bishop and Wright, 1937 – Texas Salamander
	Species	Eurycea nerea (Bishop, 1944)
	Species	Eurycea paludicola (Mittleman, 1947) – Western Dwarf Salamander
	Species	Eurycea pterophila Burger, Smith and Potter, 1950 – Fern Bank Salamander
	Species	Eurycea quadridigitata (Holbrook, 1842) – Dwarf Salamander, Southeastern Dwarf Salamander
	Species	Eurycea rathbuni (Stejneger, 1896) – Texas Blind Salamander
	Species	Eurycea robusta (Longley, 1978) – Robust Blind Salamander, Blanco Blind Salamander
	Species	Eurycea sosorum Chippindale, Price and Hillis, 1993 – Barton Springs Salamander
	Species	Eurycea spelaea (Stejneger, 1892) – Grotto Salamander
	Species	Eurycea sphagnicola Wray, Means and Steppan, 2017 – Bog Dwarf Salamander
	Species	Eurycea subfluvicola Steffen, Irwin, Blair and Bonett, 2014 – Ouachita Streambed Salamander
	Species	Eurycea tonkawae Chippindale, Price, Wiens and Hillis, 2000 – Jollyville Plateau Salamander
	Species	Eurycea troglodytes Baker, 1957 – Valdina Farms Salamander
	Species	Eurycea tynerensis Moore and Hughes, 1939 – Oklahoma Salamander
	Species	Eurycea wallacei (Carr, 1939) – Georgia Blind Salamander
	Species	Eurycea waterlooensis Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox and Chippindale, 2001 – Austin Blind Salamander
	Species	Eurycea wilderae Dunn, 1920 – Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Eurycea

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Eurycea

	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)
	Acquired:	2019
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Eurycea

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Eurycea

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Eurycea

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2008
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular No. 37
	Page(s):	1-84
	Publisher:	Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-916984-74-5
	Notes:	Available free as a PDF at http://ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.php
	Reference for:	Eurycea, Brook Salamanders [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2017
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular, no. 43
	Page(s):	102
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	978-1-946681-003
	Notes:	Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/
	Reference for:	Brook Salamanders[English]

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