Isthmura gigantea

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 gigantea

Name

Isthmura gigantea (Taylor, 1939)

• Holotype: MCZ A-8435, adult ♂, collected by E.R. Dunn in 1921.
• Type locality: “Jalapa, Veracruz”, Mexico.

Combinations

• Oedipus giganteus Taylor, 1939: 266 [original combination]
• Bolitoglossa gigantea — Taylor, 1941: 112 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoeurycea gigantea — Parra-Olea, Papenfuss & Wake, 2001: 1 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoeurycea (Isthmura) gigantea — Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2012: 142 [subsequent combination]
• Isthmura gigantea — Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 185 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1939. Concerning Mexican Salamanders. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 25(14): 259–313. BHL Reference page. 
• Parra-Olea, G., Papenfuss, T.J. & Wake, D.B. 2001. New Species of Lungless Salamanders of the Genus Pseudoeurycea (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Veracruz, Mexico. Scientific Papers. Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 20: 1–9. BHL Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. & Raffaëlli, J. 2012. A new ergotaxonomy of the order Urodela Duméril, 1805 (Amphibia, Batrachia). Alytes 28(3–4): 77–161. ResearchGate 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 gigantea  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59380A53982283. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59380A53982283.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Giant False Brook Salamander

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