Plethodon cinereus

Plethodon cinereus

Taxonavigation

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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

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Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)

Type locality: "Newjersey".

Syntypes: ANSP 1232-34, 1237.

Synonyms

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  • Salamandra erythronota Rafinesque, 1818
  • Salamandra cinerea Green, 1818
  • Salamandra erithronotaSmith, 1833
  • Plethodon cinereusTschudi, 1838
  • Salamandra agilis Sager, 1839
  • Sauropsis erythronotusFitzinger, 1843
  • Plethodon erythronotaBaird, 1850
  • Ambystoma erythronotumGray, 1850
  • Plethodon erythronotumDuméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  • Salamandra puncticulata Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  • Saurophis erythronotusFitzinger, 1864
  • Spelerpes erythronotaKennicott in Anonymous, 1869
  • Plethodon erythronotus cinereusCope, 1869
  • Plethodon erythronotus erythronotusCope, 1869
  • Plethodon cinereus cinereusYarrow, 1882
  • Plethodon cinereus erythronotusYarrow, 1882
  • Plethodon cinereus erythronotaBritcher, 1903
  • Plethodon cinereusDunn, 1926
  • Plethodon cinereus cinereusBishop, 1943
  • Plethodon huldae Grobman, 1949

References

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  • 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

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