Eurycea sosorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Spelerpinae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: Eurycea sosorum

Name

Eurycea sosorum Chippindale, Price & Hillis, 1993

Type locality: "outflow of Parthenia (Main) Springs in Barton Springs Pool, Zilker Park, Travis Co[unty]., Texas (30° 15´ 49 N, 97° 46´ 14 W)".

Holotype: TNHC 51184.

Synonyms

• Eurycea sosorum Chippindale, Price & Hillis, 1993
• Eurycea (Paedomolge, Notiomolge, Blepsimolge) sosorum — Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox & Chippindale, 2001
• Eurycea (Blepsimolge) sosorum — Raffaëlli, 2007

References

• Chippindale, Price, and Hillis, 1993, Herpetologica, 49: 249.
• Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 179.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Eurycea sosorum . Accessed on 5 August 2008.
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Eurycea sosorum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eurycea sosorum (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Barton Springs Salamander