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Steveprutz/Sandbox2
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Caudata
Family:
Incertae sedis
Genus:
Urspelerpes
Species:
U. bruceii
Binomial name
Urspelerpes bruceii

Urspelerpes bruceii is a species of salamander, monotypic to the genus Urspelerpes. This species was discovered in 2007 near Toccoa, in northeast Georgia.[1]

Etymology

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The bruceii honors Richard Bruce, a Western Carolina University salamander researcher.

Notes

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