Desmognathus ocoee

Desmognathus ocoee

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species: Desmognathus ocoee

Name

Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949: 127.

Type locality: "on the surface and in crevices of cliffs at Ship's Prow Rock, in Ocoee Gorge, beside U.S. Highway 64, nine miles airline west of Ducktown, in Polk County, Tennessee", USA.

Holotype: USNM 128007.

Synonyms

• Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949
• Desmognathus perlapsus Neill, 1950: 1.

References

• Nicholls, J C., Jr. 1949. A new salamander of the genus Desmognathus from East Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 24: 127–129.
• Neill, W.T. 1950. A new species of salamander, genus Desmognathus, from Georgia. Publications of the Research Division, Ross Allen's Reptile Institute. Silver Springs 1: 1–6. Reference page. 
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Desmognathus ocoee
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Desmognathus ocoee. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Desmognathus ocoee  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ocoee Dusky Salamander