Taricha torosa

Taricha torosa

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: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Taricha
Species: Taricha torosa

Name

Taricha torosa (Rathke, 1833)

Type locality: "in der Umgebung der Bai St. Francisco auf Californien" (= vicinity of San Francisco Bay, California, USA).

Holotype: Not designated.

Synonyms

• Salamandra beecheyi Gray, 1831
• Triton torosa Rathke, 1833
• Triton ermani Wiegmann in Erman, 1835
• Salamandra beecheyi Gray, 1839
• Pleurodeles californiae Gray, 1850
• Taricha torosa — Gray, 1850
• Notophthalmus torosus — Baird, 1850
• Taricha laevis Baird & Girard, 1853
• Triton laevis — Strauch, 1870
• Diemyctylus torosus — Cope, 1875
• Triton torosus — Wiedersheim, 1877
• Molge torosa — Boulenger, 1882
• Cynops torosus — Cope, 1883
• Amblystoma rubrum Reid, 1895
• Diemictylus torosus — Fowler & Dunn, 1917
• Triturus torosus — Dunn, 1918
• Taricha torosa klauberi Wolterstorff, 1935
• Taricha torosa torosa — Wolterstorff, 1935
• Taricha torosa forma monstrosa Scharlinski, 1939
• Triturus torosus klauberi — Twitty, 1942
• Triturus klauberi — Bishop, 1943
• Taricha klauberi — Smith & Taylor, 1948
• Taricha torosa torosa — Schmidt, 1953

References

• Rathke, 1833, in Eschscholtz (ed.), Zool. Atlas: 12.
• Wiegmann, [A. F.] 1836. [Note on Triton Ermani as described in Erman’s Reise um die Erde, 1835, atlas, p. 24.] Archive für Naturgeschichte, 2 Jahrg, 2, 1836, p. 250.
• Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 25.
• 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. Taricha torosa
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Taricha torosa. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Taricha torosa  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 9 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: California Newt
日本語: カリフォルニアイモリ
polski: Pacyfotryton kalifornijski
русский: Калифорнийский тритон