Batrachoseps major

Batrachoseps major

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: Batrachoseps
Species: Batrachoseps major
Subspecies: B. m. aridus – B. m. major

Name

Batrachoseps major Camp, 1915

Type locality: "Sierra Madre, 1000 feet altitude, Los Angeles County, California", USA.

Holotype: MVZ 611.

Synonyms

• Batrachoseps major Camp, 1915
• Batrachoseps catalinae Dunn, 1922
• Batrachoseps leucopus Dunn, 1922
• Batrachoseps attenuatus major — Dunn, 1926
• Batrachoseps attenuatus catalinae — Dunn, 1926
• Batrachoseps attenuatus leucopus — Dunn, 1926
• Batrachoseps pacificus catalinae — Campbell, 1931
• Batrachoseps pacificus catalinae — Campbell, 1931
• Batrachoseps major — Brame & Murray, 1968
• Batrachoseps aridus Brame, 1970
• Batrachoseps pacificus major — Yanev, 1980
• Batrachoseps (Batrachoseps) pacificus major — Jackman, Applebaum & Wake, 1997
• Batrachoseps (Batrachoseps) major — Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998
• Batrachoceps major major — Wake & Jockusch, 2000
• Batrachoseps major aridus — Wake & Jockusch, 2000
• Batrachoseps aridus — Hansen & Wake, 2005

References

• Camp, 1915, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 12: 327.
• Campbell, B., 1931, Notes on Batrachoseps, Copeia (JSTOR), 1931: 3, p. 131, DOI: 10.2307/1437337.
• Hansen and Wake, 2005, in Lannoo (ed.), Amph. Declines: 666.
• 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. Batrachoseps major
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Batrachoseps major. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Batrachoseps major  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 29 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Garden Slender Salamander