Urspelerpes brucei

Urspelerpes brucei

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: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Urspelerpes
Species: Urspelerpes brucei

Name

Urspelerpes brucei Camp, Peterman, Milanovich, Lamb, Maerz & Wake, 2009: 87

• Holotype: USNM 558253, adult ♀, collected by W.E. Peterman, J.R. Milanovich, K. Holcomb, D. Sollenberger, A. Grosse and S. Sterrett on 30 March 2007.
• Type locality: “Small, first-order stream located at the foot of the Blue Ridge escarpment in Stephens County, GA, USA (34°39′N; 83°18′W)”.

References

Primary references

• Camp, C.D., Peterman, W.E., Milanovich, J.R., Lamb, T., Maerz, J.C. & Wake, D.B. 2009. A new genus and species of lungless salamander (family Plethodontidae) from the Appalachian highlands of the south-eastern United States. Journal of Zoology 279(1): 86–94. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00593.x ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2011. IUCN: Urspelerpes brucei  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T185664A8454434. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T185664A8454434.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Patch-nosed Salamander

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