Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis

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 quetzalanensis

Name

• Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis (Parra-Olea, Canseco-Márquez & García-París, 2004)

Holotype: IBH 14208, adult ♂, collected by M. García-París and G. Parra-Olea on 3 October 2001.

Type locality: “Xocoyolo, 1400 m, Municipio de Cuetzalan del Progreso, Puebla, Mexico, 19°58´ N, 97°32´ W”.

Combinations

• Pseudoeurycea quetzalanensis Parra-Olea, Canseco-Márquez & García-París, 2004: 479 [original combination]
• Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis — Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 185 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Parra-Olea, G., Canseco-Márquez, L. & García-París, M. 2004. A morphologically distinct new species of Pseudoeurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Puebla, Mexico. Herpetologica 60(4): 478–484. DOI: 10.1655/03-76 Reference page. 
• 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

• 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 quetzalanensis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2016. IUCN: Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T61911A53989722. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61911A53989722.en

Vernacular names

English: Cuetzalan Salamander