Notophthalmus viridescens

Notophthalmus viridescens

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 viridescens
Subspecies: N. v. dorsalis – N. v. louisianensis – N. v. piaropicola – N. v. viridescens

Name

Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)

Type locality: "states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, etc."

Holotype: Not designated.

Synonyms

• Salamandra americana Houttuyn, 1782
• Salamandra stellio Say, 1819
• Triturus (Diemictylus) viridescens Rafinesque, 1820
• Triturus (Notophthalmus) miniatus Rafinesque, 1820
• Salamandra symmetrica Harlan, 1825
• Salamandra punctatissima Wood, 1825
• Salamandra dorsalis Harlan, 1829
• Salamandra greeni Gray, 1831
• Salamandra symmetrica — Harlan, 1835
• Salamandra millepunctata Storer, 1840
• Triton millepunctatus — De Kay, 1842
• Salamandra coccinea De Kay, 1842
• Triton dorsalis — Holbrook, 1842
• Triton symetricus — Holbrook, 1842
• Notopthalmus viridescens — Baird, 1850
• Tristella symmetrica — Gray, 1850
• Molge ocellata Gray, 1850
• Notophthalmus miniatus — Gray, 1850
• Notophthalmus viridescens — Gray, 1850
• Triton punctatissimus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Triton symetricus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Diemyctylus viridescens — Hallowell, 1856
• Notophthalma viridescens — Gray, 1858
• Triton viridescens — Strauch, 1870
• Salamandra ventralis Provancher, 1875
• Triturus (Triturus) viridescens — Boulenger, 1878
• Molge viridescens — Boulenger, 1882
• Diemyctylus minatus miniatus — Yarrow, 1882
• Diemyctylus minatus viridescens — Yarrow, 1882
• Diemyctylus viridescens viridescens — Cope, 1889
• Diemyctylus minutus — Gage & Norris, 1890
• Diemyctylus viridescens var. vittatus Garman, 1896
• Notophthalmus viridescens — Gill, 1907
• Diemictylus viridescens — Gill, 1907
• Diemyctylus viridescens louisianensis Wolterstorff, 1914
• Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Notophthalmus viridescens vittatus — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Triturus dorsalis — Dunn, 1918
• Triturus viridescens — Dunn, 1918
• Triturus viridescens symmetrica — Schmidt, 1924
• Diemictylus viridescens louisianensis — Wolterstorff, 1925
• Diemictylus viridescens dorsalis — Wolterstorff, 1925
• Triturus viridescens louisianae — Strecker, 1928
• Triturus viridescens louisianensis — Schmidt & Necker, 1935
• Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis — Herre, 1936
• Diemictylus viridescens forma columbia Scharlinski, 1939
• Triturus louisianensis — Carr, 1940
• Triturus viridescens viridescens — Bishop, 1943
• Triturus viridescens dorsalis — Bishop, 1943
• Triturus viridescens louisianensis — Bishop, 1943
• Diemictylus viridescens piaropicola Schwartz & Duellman, 1952
• Diemictylus viridescens evergladensis Peterson, 1952
• Notophthalmus viridescens — Smith, 1953
• Diemictylus viridescens — Schmidt, 1953
• Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens — Smith, 1953
• Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis — Smith, 1953
• Diemictylus viridescens dorsalis — Schmidt, 1953
• Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis — Smith, 1953
• Diemictylus viridescens louisianensis — Schmidt, 1953
• Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola — Smith, 1953
• Notophthalmus viridescens — Mecham, 1967
• Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis — Mecham, 1967

References

• Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Nat., Lexington, 1: 5, lines 26-27.
• Mecham, 1967, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 53: 1.
• 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 viridescens
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Notophthalmus viridescens. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Notophthalmus viridescens  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 8 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Newt
polski: Atlantotryton zielonawy, traszka zielona
slovenčina: Mlok zelenkastý