Karsenia koreana

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: Plethodontinae
Genus: Karsenia
Species: Karsenia koreana

Name

Karsenia koreana Min, Yang, Bonett, Vieites, Brandon & Wake, 2005

Type locality: "the vicinity of Jangtae-san, Daejeon-si, Chungcheongnam-do, [South] Korea (36° 13´ N, 127° 20´ W), elevation 210 m, in a rocky forest habitat".

Holotype: EWU 80314.

References

Min, M.S., Yang, S.Y., Bonett, R.M., Vieites, D.R., Brandon, R.A. & Wake, D.B. 2005. Discovery of the first Asian plethodontid salamander. Nature 435: 87–90. DOI: 10.1038/nature03474 Reference page.
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. Karsenia koreana
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Karsenia koreana. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Karsenia koreana (Least Concern) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Korean Crevice Salamander
한국어: 이끼도롱뇽