Necturus maculosus

Necturus maculosus

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: Proteidae
Genus: Necturus
Species: Necturus maculosus
Subspecies: N. m. maculosus – N. m. stictus

Name

Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)

Type locality: "Found in the Ohio [River]", USA.

Holotype: Not designated.

Synonyms

• Sirena maculosa Rafinesque, 1818
• Proteus tetradactylus Green, 1818
• Necturus maculatus — Rafinesque, 1819
• Necturus maculosus — Rafinesque, 1820
• Necturus luteus Rafinesque, 1820
• Phanerobranchus tetradactylus Leuckart, 1821
• Triton lateralis Say in James, 1823
• Menobranchus lateralis — Harlan, 1825
• Menobranchus tetradactylus — Harlan, 1825
• Menobranchus sayii Gray, 1825
• Phanerobranchus cepedii Fitzinger, 1826
• Necturus tetradactylus — Wagler, 1830
• Necturus lateralis — Wagler, 1830
• Menobranchus lacepedii Gray in Cuvier, 1831
• Hemitriton (Menobranchus) tetradactylus — Van der Hoeven, 1833
• Menobranchus maculatus — Holbrook, 1842
• Proteus canadensis Hodgkins, 1856
• Siredon hyemalis Kneeland, 1857
• Necturus maculatus — Boulenger, 1882
• Menobranchus latastei Garnier, 1888
• Necturus lateralis var. latastei — Cope in Garnier, 1888
• Necturus maculosus maculosus — Brimley, 1924
• Necturus maculosus stictus Bishop, 1941
• Necturus maculosus walkeri Brode, 1970

References

• Rafinesque, 1818, Am. Month. Mag. Crit. Rev., 4: 41.
• Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 84.
• 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. Necturus maculosus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Necturus maculosus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Necturus maculosus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 7 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mudpuppy
magyar: Foltos barázdásgőte
polski: Odmieniec amerykański