Echinotriton andersoni

Echinotriton andersoni

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: Echinotriton
Species: Echinotriton andersoni

Name

Echinotriton andersoni (Boulenger, 1892)

Type locality: "Okinawa, or Great Loo Choo Island" (= Okinawa), Ryukyu Is., Japan.

Holotype: BM 1947.9.5.89.

Synonyms

• Tylototriton Andersoni Boulenger, 1892
• Echinotriton andersoni — Nussbaum & Brodie, 1982
• Tylototriton (Echinotriton) andersoni — Zhao & Hu, 1984
• Pleurodeles (Tylototrion) andersoni — Risch, 1985
• Pleurodeles (Echinotriton) andersoni — Dubois, 1987

References

• Boulenger, 1892, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 10: 304.
• Nussbaum and Brodie, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 321.
• Fei, Ye, Jiang, and Xie, 2005, Illust. Key Chinese Amph.: 44.
• 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. Echinotriton andersoni
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Echinotriton andersoni. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Echinotriton andersoni  (Endangered) Downloaded on 8 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Anderson's Crocodile Newt
日本語: イボイモリ