Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis

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: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Notophthalmus
Species: Notophthalmus meridionalis
Subspecies: Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis

Name

Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis (Cope, 1880)

Type locality: "Matamoros, Mexico... tributaries of the Medina River and southward".

Syntypes: ANSP 1104-1106, ANSP 15977.

Synonyms

• Diemyctylus miniatus meridionalis Cope, 1880
• Notophthalmus meridionalis — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis — Mecham, 1968

References

• Cope, 1880, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 17: 30.
• Mecham, 1968, J. Herpetol., 2: 121–127.
• 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. Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis

Vernacular names

English: Texas Black-spotted Newt