Gyrinophilus subterraneus

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 subterraneus

Name

Gyrinophilus subterraneus Besharse & Holsinger, 1977

Type locality: "General Davis Cave, a few km NE Alderson, Greenbrier Co[unty]., West Virginia", USA.

Holotype: USNM 198533.

References

• Besharse and Holsinger, 1977, Copeia, 1977: 626.
• Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 7.
• 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 subterraneus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Gyrinophilus subterraneus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Gyrinophilus subterraneus  (Endangered) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: West Virginia Spring Salamander