Aquiloeurycea cephalica

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Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Taxonavigation edit

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: Aquiloeurycea
Species: Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Name edit

  • Aquiloeurycea cephalica (Cope, 1865)

Holotype: USNM. [lost]

Neotype: FMNH 100018 (former EHT-HMS 4372). [designated by Smith & Taylor (1948: 30)]

Type locality: “Mexican tableland”, restricted to “Río Frío, 2 miles east of Puebla”, Mexico, by Smith & Taylor (1950: 341); redesignated by neotype designation to “Cruz Blanca, Veracruz, Veracruz”, Mexico, by Smith & Taylor (1948: 30).

Combinations edit

  • Spelerpes cephalicus Cope, 1865: 196 [original combination]
  • Geotriton cephalicusGarman, 1884: 39 [subsequent combination]
  • Oedipus cephalicusDunn, 1924: 99 [subsequent combination]
  • Pseudoeurycea cephalicaTaylor, 1944: 209 [subsequent combination]
  • Aquiloeurycea cephalicaRovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 185 [subsequent combination]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Chunky False Brook Salamander