Plethodon shenandoah
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Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species: Plethodon shenandoah
Name edit
Plethodon shenandoah Highton & Worthington, 1967
- Holotype: USNM 157379, adult ♂, collected by Richard Highton, Richard D. Worthington and Robert G. Jaeger on 20 April 1966.
- Type locality: “Appalachian Trail 0.02 mile northeast of its junction with Naked Top Mountain Trail, 0.4 air mile west of the top of Hawksbill Mountain, Shenandoah National Park, Page County, Virginia, 3650 ft elevation”.
Combinations edit
- Plethodon richmondi shenandoah Highton & Worthington, 1967: 617 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Plethodon nettingi shenandoah — Highton, 1972: 151 [subsequent combination]
- Plethodon shenandoah — Highton & Larson, 1979: 587 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
References edit
Primary references edit
- Highton, R. & Worthington, R.D. 1967. A New Salamander of the Genus Plethodon from Virginia. Copeia 1967(3): 617–626. DOI: 10.2307/1442241 Reference page.
- Highton, R. & Larson, A. 1979. The genetic relationships of the salamanders of the genus Plethodon. Systematic Zoology 28: 579–599.
Links edit
- Hammerson, G. & Mitchell, J. 2004. IUCN: Plethodon shenandoah (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T17629A7210465. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T17629A7210465.en. Accessed on 13 November 2022.
Vernacular names edit
English: Shenandoah Salamander
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