Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptobranchoidea
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: Cryptobranchoidea

Familia: Cryptobranchidae
Genus: Cryptobranchus
Species: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Subspecies C. a. alleganiensis – C. a. bishopi

Name

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Daudin, 1803)

Type locality: "les monts Alléganis, en Virginie", USA.

Holotype: MNHNP, lost.

Synonyms

Salamandra alleganiensis Daudin, 1803
Salamandra horrida Barton, 1808
Salamandra gigantea Barton, 1808
Salamandra maxima Barton, 1808
Triton alleganiensis — Oppel, 1811
Molge gigantea — Merrem, 1820
Cryptobranchus salamandroides Leuckart, 1821
Urotropis mucronata Rafinesque, 1822
Protonopsis horrida — Barton in LeConte, 1824
Abranchus alleghaniensis — Harlan, 1825
Menopoma alleghaniensis — Harlan, 1825
Salamandrops giganteus — Wagler, 1830
Abranchus horrida — Gray, 1831
Eurycea mucronata — Rafinesque, 1832
Amphiuma (Menopoma) gigantea — Van der Hoeven, 1833
Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis — Van der Hoeven, 1838
Menopoma gigantea — Tschudi, 1838
Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis — Van der Hoeven, 1838
Menopoma gigantea — Tschudi, 1838
Menopoma fusca Holbrook, 1842
Triton alleghaniensis — Gray, 1850
Protonopsis fusca — Gray, 1850
Salamandra alleghaniensis — Gray, 1850
Salamandra (Menopoma) gigantea — Schlegel, 1858
Menopoma fuscum — Yarrow, 1882
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis — Garman, 1884
Cryptobranchus fuscus — Garman, 1884
Cryptobranchus terassodactylos Wellborn, 1936
Cryptobranchus bishopi Grobman, 1943
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis — Bishop, 1943
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis — Schmidt, 1953
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi — Schmidt, 1953
Cryptobranchus bishopi — Collins, 1991

References

Daudin, 1803 (An. XI), Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Rept., 8: 231.
Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 59.
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. Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 28 July 2008.

Vernacular names

català: Salamandra gegant americana
Deutsch: Schlammteufel
English: Hellbender
polski: Skrytoskrzel
русский: Аллеганский скрытожаберник
ไทย: เฮลล์เบนเดอร์

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