Eurycea longicauda

Eurycea longicauda

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 longicauda
Subspecies: E. l. longicauda – E. l. melanopleura – E. l. pernix

Name

Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818)

Type locality: "in the state of New-jersey", USA.

Holotype: Not known to exist.

Synonyms

• Salamandra longicauda Green, 1818
• Salamandra longicaudata — Harlan, 1835
• Cylindrosoma longicauda — Tschudi, 1838
• Salamandra longe-caudata — Troost, 1840
• Plethodon (Saurocercus) longicauda — Fitzinger, 1843
• Spelerpes longicauda — Baird, 1850
• Cylindrosoma longicaudatum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Spelerpes longicaudus — Cope, 1861
• Saurocercus longicauda — Fitzinger, 1864
• Geotriton longicauda — Garman, 1884
• Spelerpes melanopleurus Cope, 1894
• Spelerpes stejnegeri Eigenmann, 1901
• Eurycea longicauda — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Eurycea melanopleura — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Eurycea longicauda longicauda — Bailey, 1937
• Eurycea longicauda melanopleura — Bishop, 1941
• Eurycea longicauda pernix Mittleman, 1942
• Eurycea (Eurycea) longicauda longicauda — Raffaëlli, 2007
• Eurycea (Eurycea) longicauda melanopleura — Raffaëlli, 2007

References

• Green, 1818, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1: 351.
• Stejneger and Barbour, 1917, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept.: 19.
• 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 longicauda
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Eurycea longicauda. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eurycea longicauda  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Long-tailed Salamander