Flag for Taxon: Grotto Salamander (Eurycea spelaea)
| Content Author | Object | Flagger | Flag Created | Reason | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grotto Salamander (Eurycea spelaea) | johngsalamander | Thu, 27 Sep 2018 04:26:24 +0000 |
This species was split into three species by Phillips et al. (2017): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jbi.13047 |
loarie |
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Does anyone have access to the paper? If so can you help sort out ranges?
I wrote the paper... If you give me your email then I am happy to send you a copy.
Revisiting this - I now have access to the paper. I can make this split (ie resolve this deviation https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27113/taxonomy_details)
OK split committed https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/78259 @johngsalamander if you could Identify the obs that were rolled back to genus from this split that would be a huge help
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?verifiable=true&page=1&spam=false&taxon_id=27087&place_id%5B%5D=25&place_id%5B%5D=12&place_id%5B%5D=28&place_id%5B%5D=36&user_id=&project_id=&lrank=genus
Will do!
Hi @johngsalamander, the Eurycea spelaea split is a known taxonomic deviation on iNaturalist from Amphibian Species of the World. (iNaturalist otherwise follows ASW for amphibian taxonomy).
"Reasoning: Follows SSAR for these USA endemics"
It looks like SSAR's database still only lists E. spelaea, and does not list E. nerea or E. braggii.
https://ssarherps.org/cndb/#ZXVyeWNlYSZsb29zZT10cnVl
fyi @loarie
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