Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Aquiloeurycea cephalica

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: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Aquiloeurycea
Species: Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Name

• Aquiloeurycea cephalica (Cope, 1865)

Holotype: USNM. [lost]

Neotype: FMNH 100018 (former EHT-HMS 4372). [designated by Smith & Taylor (1948: 30)]

Type locality: “Mexican tableland”, restricted to “Río Frío, 2 miles east of Puebla”, Mexico, by Smith & Taylor (1950: 341); redesignated by neotype designation to “Cruz Blanca, Veracruz, Veracruz”, Mexico, by Smith & Taylor (1948: 30).

Combinations

• Spelerpes cephalicus Cope, 1865: 196 [original combination]
• Geotriton cephalicus — Garman, 1884: 39 [subsequent combination]
• Oedipus cephalicus — Dunn, 1924: 99 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoeurycea cephalica — Taylor, 1944: 209 [subsequent combination]
• Aquiloeurycea cephalica — Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 185 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1865. Third contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17: 185–198.
• Rovito, S.M., Parra-Olea, G., Recuero, E. & Wake, D.B. 2015. Diversification and biogeographical history of Neotropical plethodontid salamanders. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 167–188. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12271 Reference page. 

Links

• Parra-Olea, G., Wake, D. & Raffaelli, J. 2010. IUCN: Aquiloeurycea cephalica  (Near Threatened) (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T59373A89370527. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T59373A11924813.en

Vernacular names

English: Chunky False Brook Salamander