Desmognathus valentinei

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 valentinei

Name

Desmognathus valentinei Means, Lamb & Bernardo, 2017: 484

• Holotype: MCZ A-143850, adult ♂, collected by D. Bruce Means and Jeff Boundy on 20 April 2005.
• Type locality: “Talisheek Bay swamp, ~20 m elevation, east of Money Hill Road, 30.568056° N, 89.927778° W, in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana”.

References

Primary references

• Means, D.B., Lamb, J.Y. & Bernardo, J. 2017. A new species of dusky salamander (Amphibia: Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States and a redescription of D. auriculatus. Zootaxa 4263(3): 467–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.3. Reference page.