Plethodon metcalfi

Plethodon metcalfi

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 metcalfi

Name

Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912

Type locality: "near Sunburst, Haywood Co[unty]., N[orth]. C[arolina].,... at elevations of about 3500 to 4000 feet", USA.

Holotype: USNM 49682.

Synonyms

• Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912
• Plethodon clemsonae Brimley, 1927
• Plethodon shermani rabunensis Pope & Hairston, 1948
• Plethodon shermani melaventris Pope & Hairston, 1948
• Plethodon metcalfi metcalfi — Mittleman, 1948
• Plethodon metcalfi clemsonae — Mittleman, 1948
• Plethodon shermani clemsonae — Hairston & Pope, 1948
• Plethodon jordani metcalfi — Hairston, 1950
• Plethodon jordani clemsonae — Hairston, 1950
• Plethodon jordani rabunensis — Hairston, 1950
• Plethodon jordani melaventris — Hairston, 1950
• Plethodon metcalfi — Highton & Peabody, 2000: 59

References

• Brimley, 1912, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 25: 138.
• Highton, R. & Peabody, R. 2000. Geographic protein variation and speciation in salamanders of the Plethodon jordani and Plethodon glutinosus complexes in the southern Appalachian Mountains with the description of four new species. In: Bruce, R.C., Jaeger, R.G. & Houck, L.D. (eds.), The Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders: 31–93. New York, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. Reference page. 
• 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 metcalfi
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon metcalfi. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon metcalfi  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander