Eurycea lucifuga

Eurycea lucifuga

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 lucifuga

Name

Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822

Type locality: "near Lexington... in caves and in the dark; but not in water", Fayette County, Kentucky, USA.

Holotype: Not designated.

Synonyms

  • Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822
  • Spelerpes lucifuga — Rafinesque, 1832
  • Gyrinophilus maculicaudus Cope, 1890
  • Spelerpes maculicaudus — Hay, 1891
  • Spelerpes maculicauda — Blatchley, 1897
  • Eurycea lucifuga — Dunn, 1926
  • Eurycea longicauda lucifuga — Mittleman, 1942
  • Eurycea lucifuga — Bishop, 1943
  • Eurycea (Eurycea) lucifuga — Raffaëlli, 2007

References

  • Rafinesque, 1822, Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, N.S., 1: 3.
  • Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 431.
  • 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 lucifuga Reference page. 
  • AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Eurycea lucifuga. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
  • 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eurycea lucifuga  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cave Salamander
polski: Żółcik jaskiniowy
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