''Eurycea subfluvicola'', commonly known as the Ouachita streambed salamander, is a species of

salamander Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...

s found within the Slunger creek valley in Lake Catherine State Park,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

. The species is

paedomorphic Neoteny (), also called juvenilization,Montagu, A. (1989). Growing Young. Bergin & Garvey: CT. is the delaying or slowing of the physiological, or somatic, development of an organism, typically an animal. Neoteny is found in modern humans compare ...

. The species' scientific name derives from "sub" (below), "fluvius" (stream), and "colo" (to dwell).

References

Amphibians described in 2014 Endemic amphibians of the United States Endemic fauna of Arkansas Eurycea Lake Catherine State Park {{Plethodontidae-stub