Gyrinophilus palleucus

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: Spelerpinae
Genus: Gyrinophilus
Species: Gyrinophilus palleucus
Subspecies G. p. necturoides – G. p. palleucus

Name

Gyrinophilus palleucus McCrady, 1954

Type locality: "Sinking Cove Cave (altitude 900 feet) in a hardwood climax forest at the north end of Sinking Cove, Franklin County, Tennessee, 5 miles west of Sherwood across Burned Stand Ridge, and 15 miles southwest of Sewanee", USA.

Holotype: FMNH 72585.

Synonyms

Gyrinophilus palleucus McCrady, 1954
Pseudotriton palleucus — Blair, 1961
Gyrinophilus palleucus palleucus — Lazell & Brandon, 1962
Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides Lazell & Brandon, 1962

References

McCrady, 1954, Copeia, 1954: 201.
Lazell, Jr., J.D. & Brandon, R.A. 1962. A new stygian salamander from the southern Cumberland Plateau. Copeia 1962(2): 300–306. DOI: 10.2307/1440894, JSTOR Reference page. : 300–301.
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. Gyrinophilus palleucus
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Gyrinophilus palleucus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Gyrinophilus palleucus (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Tennessee Cave Salamander
polski: Źródlik jaskiniowy