Desmognathus auriculatus

Desmognathus auriculatus

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: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species: Desmognathus auriculatus

Name

Desmognathus auriculatus (Holbrook, 1838)

Type locality: "Riceborough, [Liberty County,] in Georgia", USA.

Holotype: Animal figured on pl. 28 of the original publication.

Synonyms

• Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838
• Desmognathus auriculatus — Baird, 1850
• Cylindrosoma auriculatum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Plethodon auriculatum — Hallowell, 1858
• Desmognathus fuscus var. auriculata — Cope, 1869
• Desmognathus fuscus auriculatus — Boulenger, 1882
• Desmognathus auriculata — Lönnberg, 1894
• Desmognathus fuscus carri Neill, 1951
• Desmognathus auriculatus — Valentine, 1963: 130.

References

Primary references

• Holbrook, 1838, N. Am. Herpetol., 3: 115.
• Valentine, B.D. 1963. The salamander genus Desmognathus in Mississippi. Copeia 1963(1): 130–139. DOI: 10.2307/1441280, JSTOR 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. Desmognathus auriculatus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Desmognathus auriculatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Desmognathus auriculatus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Dusky Salamander