Plethodon variolatus

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 variolatus

Name

Plethodon variolatus (Gilliams, 1818)

Type locality: "Inhabits the southern states... This species occur not unfrequently, in small streams of water... not seen so far north as Maryland...", USA.

Neotype: USNM 167104.

Synonyms

• Salamandra variolata Gilliams, 1818
• Plethodon variolatus — Highton in Highton, Maha & Maxson, 1989: 59–60.

References

Primary references

• Gilliams, 1818, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1: 460.
• 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

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

Vernacular names

English: South Carolina Slimy Salamander