Speleomantes imperialis

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

Speleomantes imperialis (Stefani, 1969)

Type locality: "Grotte di Villasalto, Gerrei (Sardegna sud-orientale)", Italy.

Holotype: IZUG.

Hydromantes genei imperialis Stefani, 1969
Hydromantes genei funereus Stefani, 1969
Hydromantes imperialis — Lanza & Vanni, 1981
Hydromantoides (Speleomantes) imperialis — Dubois, 1984
Speleomantes imperialis — Lanza, 1986
Speleomantes imperialis imperialis — Lanza, Leo, Forti, Cimmaruta Caputo & Nascetti, 2001
Hydromantes (Speleomantes) imperialis — Wake, Salvador & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2005

Stefani, 1969, Arch. Zool. Ital. Torino, 53: 220.
Lanza, B., Leo, P., Forti, G., Cimmaruta, R., Caputo, V. & Nascetti, G. 2001. Descrizione preliminare dello Speleomantes imperialis sarrabusensis subsp. n. (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae). Pianura 13: 83–84. Reference page. : 83.
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. Speleomantes imperialis
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Speleomantes imperialis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Speleomantes imperialis (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

English: Imperial Cave Salamander