Aquiloeurycea galeanae

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 galeanae

Name

• Aquiloeurycea galeanae (Taylor, 1941)

Holotype: FMNH 100113 (former EHT-HMS No. 17146), collected by Radclyffe Roberts on 10 July 1938.

Type locality: “near Galeana, N[uevo]. L[eón]., [Mexico,] 7,000 ft. elevation”; rendered as 15 mi. west of Galeana, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Combinations

• Bolitoglossa galaenae Taylor, 1941: 83 [original combination]
• Pseudoeurycea galeanae — Taylor, 1944: 209 [subsequent combination]
• Aquiloeurycea galeanae — Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 185 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1941. Two new species of Mexican plethodontid salamanders. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 81–86. BHL
• 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. 

Additional references

• Marx, H. 1976. Supplementary catalogue of type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History. Fieldiana. Zoology 69: 33–94.

Links

• 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. Aquiloeurycea galeanae
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Aquiloeurycea galeanae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2016. IUCN: Aquiloeurycea galeanae  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59379A53982166. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59379A53982166.en

Vernacular names

English: Galeana False Brook Salamander