Desmognathus pascagoula

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 pascagoula

Name

Desmognathus pascagoula Pyron, O’Connell, Lamb & Beamer, 2022: 66

• Holotype: USNM 596040.
• Type locality: “a small seep feeding into Ward Bayou at Ward Bayou WMA, Jackson Co., Mississippi (30.56, -88.62; 3m ASL)”.

References

Primary references

• Pyron, R.A., O’Connell, K.A., Lamb, J.Y. & Beamer, D.A. 2022. A new, narrowly endemic species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi and Alabama. Zootaxa 5133(1): 53–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.1.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Pascagoula Dusky Salamander