Ixalotriton niger

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: Ixalotriton
Species: Ixalotriton niger

Name

• Ixalotriton niger Wake & Johnson, 1989: 2

Holotype: MVZ 158823, adult ♀, collected by Jerry D. Johnson on 26 December 1980.

Type locality: “12 km (7.5 mi) NW Berriozábal, Chiapas, Mexico, elevation ca. 1,068 m”.

Combinations

• Pseudoeurycea nigra — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 359 [subsequent combination]
• Ixalotriton niger — Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 173 [subsequent combination, restaure to original genus]

References

Primary references

• Wake, D.B. & Johnson, J.D. 1989. A new genus and species of plethodontid salamander from Chiapas, Mexico. Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 411: 1–10. BHL
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 
• Rovito, S.M., Parra-Olea, G., Recuero, E. & Wake, D.B. 2015. Diversification and biogeographical history of Neotropical plethodontid salamanders. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 167–188. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12271 Reference page. 

Links

• 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. Ixalotriton niger
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ixalotriton niger. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2016. IUCN: Ixalotriton niger  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59287A53979647. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T59287A53979647.en

Vernacular names

English: Black Jumping Salamander