Eurycea lucifuga

Eurycea lucifuga

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 lucifuga

Name

Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822

Type locality: "near Lexington... in caves and in the dark; but not in water", Fayette County, Kentucky, USA.

Holotype: Not designated.

Synonyms

• Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822
• Spelerpes lucifuga — Rafinesque, 1832
• Gyrinophilus maculicaudus Cope, 1890
• Spelerpes maculicaudus — Hay, 1891
• Spelerpes maculicauda — Blatchley, 1897
• Eurycea lucifuga — Dunn, 1926
• Eurycea longicauda lucifuga — Mittleman, 1942
• Eurycea lucifuga — Bishop, 1943
• Eurycea (Eurycea) lucifuga — Raffaëlli, 2007

References

• Rafinesque, 1822, Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, N.S., 1: 3.
• Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 431.
• 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 lucifuga
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Eurycea lucifuga. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eurycea lucifuga  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cave Salamander
polski: Żółcik jaskiniowy