Pseudoeurycea leprosa

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 leprosa

Name

Pseudoeurycea leprosa (Cope, 1869)

Type locality: "Orizava" (= Orizaba), Veracruz, Mexico.

Lectotype: USNM 19255.

Synonyms

• Spelerpes leprosus Cope, 1869
• Spelerpes laticeps Brocchi, 1883
• Geotriton leprosus — Garman, 1884
• Geotriton laticeps — Garman, 1884
• Spelerpes orizabensis Blatchley, 1893
• Spelerpes gibbicaudus Blatchley, 1893
• Oedipus leprosus — Dunn, 1918
• Eurycea leprosus — Noble, 1921
• Oedipus orizabensis — Taylor, 1939
• Oedipus leprosus — Taylor, 1939
• Bolitoglossa leprosa — Taylor, 1941
• Pseudoeurycea leprosa — Taylor, 1944

References

• Cope, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 21: 105.
• 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 leprosa
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Pseudoeurycea leprosa. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudoeurycea leprosa  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 1 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Leprous False Brook Salamander