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Brownback salamander

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The brownback salamander is so-named for its brown color, which is in contrast with the yellow hue of southern two-lined salamanders. Members of the species are typically 30–40 mm. Males and females are sexually dimorphic in head shape with the males having broader heads. Males of the brownback
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salamander do not possess cirri, which distinguishes this species from other brook salamanders including the southern two-lined salamander.
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with verified localities existing in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.
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being more aquatic than those of the closely related salamander
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in 1822 to describe all brook salamanders. The specific epithet
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The brownback salamander occurs in springs throughout the
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Urodela
Plethodontidae
Eurycea
Binomial name
brook salamander
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
springs
watercress
ecotype
southern two-lined salamander
molecular evidence
Eurycea
Rafinesque
E. cirrigera
Southeast
"Gene lineages and eastern North American palaeodrainage basins: phylogeography and speciation in salamanders of the Eurycea bislineata species complex"
doi
10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02757.x
PMID
16367840
AmphibiaWeb-Eurycea aquatica
Taxon identifiers

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