Necturus beyeri

Taxonavigation

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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
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Proteidae
Genus: Necturus
Species: Necturus beyeri

Name

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Necturus beyeri Viosca, 1937

  • Holotype: USNM 102674, mature ♀, collected by P. Viosca and Henry B. Chase, Jr. in 1928.
  • Type locality: “Upper Calcasieu River near Oakdale, [Allen Parish,] Louisiana”, United States.

Combinations

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  • Necturus beyeri Viosca, 1937: 123 [original combination]
  • Necturus maculosus beyeriSchmidt, 1953: 13 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
  • Necturus beyeri beyeriHecht, 1958: 18 [subsequent combination]
  • Necturus punctatus beyeriBrode, 1970: 5288 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

Synonyms

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  • Necturus lödingi Viosca, 1937: 126
    • Holotype: USNM 61752, mature ♀, collected by C. Löding in February 1918.
    • Type locality: “Enslava Creek, near Mobile, [Mobile County,] Alabama”, United States.

References

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Primary references

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  • Viosca, Jr., P. 1937. A Tentative Revision of the Genus Necturus with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Southern Gulf Drainage Area. Copeia 1937(2): 120–138. DOI: 10.2307/1436953   Reference page
  • Brode, W.E. 1970. A systematic study of salamanders of the genus Necturus Rafinesque. Dissertation Abstracts International. B, The Sciences and Engineering 30: 5288–5289.

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Gulf Coast Waterdog
 
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