Necturus louisianensis

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

Necturus louisianensis Viosca, 1938

Holotype: USNM 104238, ♀, collected by P. Viosca and F.-R. Bruce in 22 February 1938.
Type locality: “Big Creek a few miles east of Pollock, [Grant Parish,] Louisiana”, United States.

Necturus louisianensis Viosca, 1938: 143 [original combination]
Necturus maculosus louisianensis — Schmidt, 1953: 13 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Necturus louisianensis — Collins, 1991: 43 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Viosca, Jr., P. 1938. A new waterdog from central Louisiana. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 51: 143–146. BHL Reference page.
Schmidt, K.P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and University of Chicago Press: Chicago.
Collins, J.T. 1991. Viewpoint: a new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 22: 42–43. Reference page.

Chabarria, R.E., Murray, C.M., Moler, P.E., Bart, Jr., H.L., Crother, B.I. & Guyer, C. 2018. Evolutionary insights into the North American Necturus beyeri complex (Amphibia: Caudata) based on molecular genetic and morphological analyses. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56(3): 352–363. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12203 Reference page.

English: Red River Mudpuppy