Necturus punctatus

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 punctatus

Name

Necturus punctatus (Gibbes, 1850)

Type locality: "Dr. Schoolbred's plantation on the South Santee River, a few miles from its mouth, South Carolina", USA.

Lectotype: USNM 11813.

Synonyms

• Menobranchus punctatus Gibbes, 1850
• Necturus punctatus — Garman, 1884: 36
• Necturus punctatus punctatus — Neill, 1954

References

• Gibbes, 1850, Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1850: 159.
• Garman, S. 1884. The North American Reptiles and Batrachians. Bulletin of the Essex Institute 16: 3–46. BHL 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. Necturus punctatus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Necturus punctatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Necturus punctatus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 7 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Waterdog