Eurycea chisholmensis

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: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: Eurycea chisholmensis

Name

Eurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000

Type locality: "side spring immediately adjacent to Main (= Salado, Big Boiling, or Siren) Springs, Salado, Bell Co., Texas, 30° 56´ 37 N, 97° 32´ 31 W."

Holotype: TNHC 58859.

Synonyms

Eurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens & Hillis, 2000: 40.
Eurycea (Paedomolge, Septentriomolge) chisholmensis — Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox & Chippindale, 2001
Eurycea (Septentriomolge) chisholmensis — Raffaëlli, 2007

References

Chippindale, P.T., Price, A.H., Wiens, J.J. & Hillis, D.M. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships and systematic revision of central Texas hemidactyliine plethodontid salamanders. Herpetological Monographs 14: 1–81. Reference page.
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 182.
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. Eurycea chisholmensis
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Eurycea chisholmensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eurycea chisholmensis (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Salado Springs Salamander