Isthmura sierraoccidentalis

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: Isthmura
Species: Isthmura sierraoccidentalis

Name

Isthmura sierraoccidentalis (Lowe, Jones & Wright, 1968)

• Holotype: UAZ 12138 (Field No. CJJ 3654), collected by Clyde J. Jones, Charles H. Lowe, and John W. Wright on 7 September 1964.
• Type locality: “ca. 11 mi (rd.) E Santa Ana, on old road to Yécora (ca. 0.5 mi. W. Rancho El Puerto), Sonora, Mexico. ... We estimate the locality to be 21 ± 1 km WSW Yecora, by old road to Nuri”.

Combinations

• Pseudoeurycea belli sierraoccidentalis Lowe, Clyde & Wright, 1968: 1 [original combination]
• Isthmura sierraoccidentalis — Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 185 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lowe, C.H., Jones, C.J. & Wright, J.W. 1968. A new plethodontid salamander from Sonora, Mexico. Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 140: 1–11. BHL Reference page. 
• Rovito, S.M., Vázquez-Almazán, C.R., Papenfuss, T.J., Parra-Olea, G. & Wake, D.B. 2015. Biogeography and evolution of Central American cloud forest salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Cryptotriton), with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 150–166. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12268 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Isthmura sierraoccidentalis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T89185587A160265334. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T89185587A160265334.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Sonoran False Brook Salamander

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