Karsenia koreana

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: Plethodontinae
Genus: Karsenia
Species: Karsenia koreana

Name

Karsenia koreana Min, Yang, Bonett, Vieites, Brandon & Wake, 2005

Type locality: "the vicinity of Jangtae-san, Daejeon-si, Chungcheongnam-do, [South] Korea (36° 13´ N, 127° 20´ W), elevation 210 m, in a rocky forest habitat".

Holotype: EWU 80314.

References

• Min, M. S., Yang, S. Y., Bonett, R. M., Vieites, D. R., Brandon, R. A., Wake, D. B. Discovery of the first Asian plethodontid salamander. Nature 435, 87-90 (2005).
• 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. Karsenia koreana . Accessed on 3 August 2008.
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Karsenia koreana. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Karsenia koreana (Least Concern) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Korean Crevice Salamander
한국어: 이끼도롱뇽