Pseudoeurycea rex

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: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Pseudoeurycea
Species: Pseudoeurycea rex

Name

Pseudoeurycea rex (Dunn, 1921)

Type locality: "Sierra Santa Elena (near Tecpan), Guatemala (alt. 9500 feet)".

Holotype: FMNH 1814.

Synonyms

• Oedipus rex Dunn, 1921
• Pseudoeurycea rex — Taylor, 1944

References

• Dunn, 1921, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 34: 143.
• Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 209.
• 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. Pseudoeurycea rex
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Pseudoeurycea rex. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudoeurycea rex  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 1 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Royal False Brook Salamander