Plethodon chattahoochee

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: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species: Plethodon chattahoochee

Name

Plethodon chattahoochee Highton in Highton, Maha & Maxson, 1989: 55

Type locality: "locality 9 [34° 52´ 21 N, 83° 48´ 31 W]... , 0.3 km east of the top of Brasstown Bald, at an elevation of 1,353 m, Towns County, Georgia", USA.

Holotype: USNM 168527.

References

Primary references

• Highton, R., Maha, G.C. & Maxson, L.R. 1989. Biochemical evolution in the Slimy Salamanders of the Plethodon glutinosus complex in the eastern United States. Illinois Biological Monographs 57: 1–153. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• 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. Plethodon chattahoochee
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon chattahoochee. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon chattahoochee  (Not Evaluated) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander