Batrachoseps wrighti

Batrachoseps wrighti

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: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species: Batrachoseps wrighti

Name

Batrachoseps wrighti (Bishop, 1937)

Type locality: "in woods bordering Mt. Hood highway, 8.7 miles southeast of Sandy, Clackamas County, Oregon", USA.

Holotype: USNM 102445.

Synonyms

• Plethopsis wrighti Bishop, 1937
• Batrachoseps wrighti — Stebbins & Lowe, 1949
• Batrachoseps wrightorum — Applegarth, 1994
• Batrachoseps (Plethopsis) wrighti — Jackman, Applebaum & Wake, 1997

References

• Bishop, 1937, Herpetologica, 1: 93.
• Stebbins and Lowe, 1949, Copeia, 1949: 128.
• 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. Batrachoseps wrighti
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Batrachoseps wrighti. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Batrachoseps wrighti  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 29 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Oregon Slender Salamander

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