Eurycea longicauda

Eurycea longicauda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Caudata
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: Eurycea longicauda
Subspecies: E. l. longicauda – E. l. melanopleura – E. l. pernix

Name

Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818)

Type locality: "in the state of New-jersey", USA.

Holotype: Not known to exist.

Synonyms

  • Salamandra longicauda Green, 1818
  • Salamandra longicaudata — Harlan, 1835
  • Cylindrosoma longicauda — Tschudi, 1838
  • Salamandra longe-caudata — Troost, 1840
  • Plethodon (Saurocercus) longicauda — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Spelerpes longicauda — Baird, 1850
  • Cylindrosoma longicaudatum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  • Spelerpes longicaudus — Cope, 1861
  • Saurocercus longicauda — Fitzinger, 1864
  • Geotriton longicauda — Garman, 1884
  • Spelerpes melanopleurus Cope, 1894
  • Spelerpes stejnegeri Eigenmann, 1901
  • Eurycea longicauda — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
  • Eurycea melanopleura — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
  • Eurycea longicauda longicauda — Bailey, 1937
  • Eurycea longicauda melanopleura — Bishop, 1941
  • Eurycea longicauda pernix Mittleman, 1942
  • Eurycea (Eurycea) longicauda longicauda — Raffaëlli, 2007
  • Eurycea (Eurycea) longicauda melanopleura — Raffaëlli, 2007

References

  • Green, 1818, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1: 351.
  • Stejneger and Barbour, 1917, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept.: 19.
  • 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. Eurycea longicauda Reference page. 
  • AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Eurycea longicauda. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
  • 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eurycea longicauda  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Long-tailed Salamander
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