Plethodon cinereus

Plethodon cinereus

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 cinereus

Name

Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)

Type locality: "Newjersey".

Syntypes: ANSP 1232-34, 1237.

Synonyms

• Salamandra erythronota Rafinesque, 1818
• Salamandra cinerea Green, 1818
• Salamandra erithronota — Smith, 1833
• Plethodon cinereus — Tschudi, 1838
• Salamandra agilis Sager, 1839
• Sauropsis erythronotus — Fitzinger, 1843
• Plethodon erythronota — Baird, 1850
• Ambystoma erythronotum — Gray, 1850
• Plethodon erythronotum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Salamandra puncticulata Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Saurophis erythronotus — Fitzinger, 1864
• Spelerpes erythronota — Kennicott in Anonymous, 1869
• Plethodon erythronotus cinereus — Cope, 1869
• Plethodon erythronotus erythronotus — Cope, 1869
• Plethodon cinereus cinereus — Yarrow, 1882
• Plethodon cinereus erythronotus — Yarrow, 1882
• Plethodon cinereus erythronota — Britcher, 1903
• Plethodon cinereus — Dunn, 1926
• Plethodon cinereus cinereus — Bishop, 1943
• Plethodon huldae Grobman, 1949

References

• Green, J. 1818: Descriptions of several species of North American Amphibia, accompanied with observations. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1: 348–359.
• Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 163.
• Amber A. Burgett & Geoffrey R. Smith 2012: Differential Responses of Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) to Conspecifics and Centipedes. Current Herpetology, 31 (2): 78–86.
• 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 cinereus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon cinereus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon cinereus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Red-backed Salamander
Nederlands: Roodrugsalamander
polski: Bezpłucnik czerwonogrzbiety
русский: Красноспинная саламандра