Cynops ensicauda ensicauda

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: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Cynops
Species: Cynops ensicauda
Subspecies: Cynops ensicauda ensicauda

Name

Cynops ensicauda ensicauda (Hallowell, 1861)

Type locality: "Paddyfields at the Amakarima Isle" and "Ralousima... the northern half of Ousima proper" (= Amami, Ryukyu Is., Japan).

Syntypes: USNM 7410 (3 specimens).

Synonyms

• Triton ensicauda Hallowell, 1861
• Molge pyrrhogaster var. ensicauda — Boulenger, 1887
• Molge pyrrhogastra var. ensicaudatus — Okada, 1891
• Molge pyrrhogaster ensicauda — Brown, 1902
• Diemictylus ensicauda — Stejneger, 1907
• Triturus ensicaudus — Dunn, 1918
• Triton pyrrhogaster subsp. ensicauda — Wolterstorff, 1925
• Triton (Cynops) pyrrhogaster — Wolterstorff, 1927
• Cynops ensicauda — Wolterstorff & Herre, 1935
• Triturus ensicauda — Sato, 1943
• Triturus ensicaudus popei Inger, 1947
• Triturus ensicaudus ensicaudus — Inger, 1947
• Triturus pyrrhogaster ensicaudus — Kawamura, 1950
• Triturus (Cynops) pyrrhogaster ensicaudus — Nakamura & Ueno, 1963
• Cynops pyrrhogaster popei — Brame, 1967
• Cynops ensicauda ensicauda — Thorn, 1968
• Cynops ensicauda ensicauda — Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2009

References

• Hallowell, E. 1861 "1860": Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U.S. N. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 480–510.
• Thorn, R. 1968: Les Salamandres d'Europe, d'Asie et d'Afrique Nord. Paris: Editions Paul Lechevalier.
• Dubois, A. & J. Raffaëlli. 2009: A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela). Alytes. Paris, 26: 1–85.
• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.), 2000. Treatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptillia/Amphibia. ISBN4-915959-70-8. [1]

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Sword-tail Newt
日本語: シリケンイモリ