Rhyacotriton cascadae

Taxonavigation

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: Rhyacotritonidae
Genus: Rhyacotriton
Species: Rhyacotriton cascadae

Name

Rhyacotriton cascadae Good & Wake, 1992

Type locality: "base of Wahkeena Falls, Multnomah County, Oregon", USA.

Holotype: MVZ 90795.

References

• Good and Wake, 1992, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 126: 15.
• 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. Rhyacotriton cascadae
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Rhyacotriton cascadae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Rhyacotriton cascadae  (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 7 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cascades Torrent Salamander