Editing Hellbender (section)

==Etymology==
The origin of the name "hellbender" is unclear. The [[Missouri Department of Conservation]] says:<ref name="Johnson1">{{cite report |last1=Johnson |first1=Tom R. |last2=Briggler |first2=Jeff |year=2004 |title=The Hellbender |series=Herpetology Lab |place=Jefferson City, MO |publisher=[[Missouri Department of Conservation|The Conservation Commission of the State of Missouri]] |url=https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/discover/HerpetologyLab/Documents/Johnson_TheHellbender.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=16 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503141120/https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/discover/HerpetologyLab/Documents/Johnson_TheHellbender.pdf |archive-date=3 May 2017 }}</ref>
<blockquote>The name 'hellbender' probably comes from the animal's odd look. One theory claims the hellbender was named by settlers who thought "it was a creature from hell where it's bent on returning." Another rendition says the undulating skin of a hellbender reminded observers of "horrible tortures of the infernal regions." In reality, it's a harmless aquatic salamander.</blockquote>

In a study conducted in Indiana, informing the public about the rarity and locality of the hellbender resulted in more positive attitudes toward this species than were previously held.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=A. |last1=Reimer  |first2=A. |last2=Mase |first3=K. |last3=Mulvaney |first4=N. |last4=Mullendore |first5=R. |last5=Perry-Hill |first6=L. |last6=Prokopy |publication-date=June 2014 |orig-date=22 October 2013 |title=The impact of information and familiarity on public attitudes toward the eastern hellbender |journal=[[Animal Conservation (journal)|Animal Conservation]] |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=235–243 |doi=10.1111/acv.12085 |bibcode=2014AnCon..17..235R |url=https://ag.purdue.edu/department/extension/hellbender/_docs/reimer-hellbender-familiarity-ada.pdf |via=ag.purdue.edu }}</ref> Other [[Common name|vernacular names]] include snot otter,<ref name=snot>{{cite news |last=Sofia |first=Madeline K. |date=14 September 2017 |title=Snot otters get a second chance in Ohio |publisher=[[National Public Radio]]  |quote=Snot otter; lasagna lizard: Pick your favorite nickname for the Eastern hellbender salamander. |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/09/14/545796084/video-snot-otters-get-a-second-chance-in-ohio }}</ref> lasagna lizard,<ref name=snot/> devil dog, mud-devil, mud dog, water dog, grampus,<ref name=DARE>{{cite dictionary |title=grampus |date=Spring 2020 |dictionary=Dictionary of American Regional English |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]] |place=Madison, WI |id=Quarterly update&nbsp;20 |url=https://dare.wisc.edu/words/quarterly-updates/quarterly-update-20-spring-2020-2/grampus/ |via=dare.wisc.edu }}</ref> Allegheny alligator, and leverian water newt.<ref name=Nick>{{cite book |last1=Nickerson |first1=Max Allen |last2=Mays |first2=Charles Edwin |year=1973 |title=The Hellbenders: North American "giant salamanders" |publisher=[[Milwaukee Public Museum]] |series=Publications in Biology and Geology |volume=1 }}</ref>

The [[Genus|generic name]], ''Cryptobranchus'', is derived from the [[Ancient Greek]] {{Transliteration|grc|kryptos}} (hidden) and {{Transliteration|grc|branchion}} (gill).<ref name=amphibiainfo>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Jessica J. |title=''Cryptobranchus alleganiensis'' |series=Caudata database |publisher=livingunderworld.org |website=amphibiainfo.com  |url=http://www.amphibiainfo.com/caudata/database/cryptobranchidae/cryptobranchus/alleganiensis/ |url-status=usurped |access-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111053400/http://www.amphibiainfo.com/caudata/database/cryptobranchidae/cryptobranchus/alleganiensis/ |archive-date=11 January 2014 }}</ref> The [[subspecies]] name ''bishopi'' honors the American herpetologist [[Sherman C. Bishop]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Beltz |first=Ellin |year=2006 |chapter=Bishop, Sherman Chauncey |title=Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America — Explained |chapter-url=http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary |last1=Beolens |first1=Bo |last2=Watkins |first2=Michael |last3=Grayson |first3=Michael |year=2013 |title=''Cryptobranchus alleganiensis'' bishopi |dictionary=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |location=Exeter, UK |publisher=Pelagic Publishing Ltd. |isbn=978-1-907807-41-1 |page=23}}</ref>