Eurycea longicauda (Green) - Longtail Salamander

Since publication of Atlas of Amphibians in Tennessee (Redmond, W. H. and A. F. Scott. 1996. The Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. 94 pp.), several applicable taxonomic and nomenclatural changes and numerous reports of new county records have appeared in the literature. Comments, accompanied by cited references, on the taxonomic and nomenclatural changes plus bibliographical information on new county records as they pertain to E. longicauda follow:

When the Atlas of Amphibians in Tennessee appeared in1996, E. longicauda included three subspecies: E. l. longicauda, E. l. guttolineata, and E. l. melanopleura (Collins, 1990). Two of these (E. l. longicauda and E. l. guttolineata) were known from Tennessee. Subsequently, Carlin (1997) elevated E. l. guttolineata, which occurs in the Coastal Plain of West Tennessee and a few localities in the mountains of East Tennessee, to a full species with the Latin name E. guttolineata (Holbrook). Also, to achieve uniformity, Crother (2000) altered the common name of E. longicauda from Longtail Salamander to Long-tailed Salamander.

Carlin, J. L. 1997. Genetic and morphological differentiation between Eurycea longicauda longicauda and E. guttolineata (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Herpetologica 53:206-217.

Crother, B. I.. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North American north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. SSAR Herpetol. Circ. 29.

Bibliographical information on reports of new Tennessee county records of E. longicauda appearing since 1996 are listed below by counties, which are arranged alphabetically.