Plethodon grobmani

Taxonavigation edit

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 grobmani

Name edit

Plethodon grobmani Allen & Neill, 1949

Type locality: "Half-mile Creek Swamp, about one-half mile northeast of Silver Springs, Marion County, Florida, at a spot roughly one-quarter mile west of the junction of the creek and Florida State Highway 40".

Holotype: ERA-WTN 19220.

Synonyms edit

Plethodon glutinosus grobmani Allen & Neill, 1949: 112
Plethodon grobmani — Highton in Highton, Maha & Maxson, 1989: 69.

References edit

Primary references edit

Allen, E.R. & Neill, W.T. 1949. A New Subspecies of Salamander (Genus Plethodon) from Florida and Georgia. Herpetologica 5(6): 112–114. JSTOR Reference page.
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 edit

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

Vernacular names edit

English: Southeastern Slimy Salamander