Amphiuma means

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Amphiumidae
Genus: Amphiuma
Species: Amphiuma means

Name

Amphiuma means Garden in Smith, 1821

Type locality: "Charleston, South Carolina", USA.

Holotype: Not stated.

Synonyms

Amphiuma means Garden in Smith, 1821
Siren similis Garden in Smith, 1821
Siren quadrupes Barton in Jarocki, 1822
Axolotus lacertinus Jarocki, 1822
Chrysodonta larvaeformis Mitchill, 1822
Amphiuma didactylum Cuvier, 1827
Amphiuma didactylum — Wagler, 1830
Sirenoides didactylum — Fitzinger, 1843
Amphiuma means — Boulenger, 1882
Amphiuma means means — Goin, 1938

References

Garden in Smith, 1821, Select. Correspond. Linnaeus, 1: 333, 599.
Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 83.
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. Amphiuma means
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Amphiuma means. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Amphiuma means (Least Concern) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Two-toed Amphiuma
magyar: Kétujjú angolnagőte
Nederlands: Tweetenige aalsalamander
polski: Amfiuma dwupalcowa
ไทย: แอมฟิอูมาสองนิ้ว