Necturus maculosus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Proteidae
Genus: Necturus
Species: Necturus maculosus
Subspecies: N. m. louisianensis - N. m. maculosus - N. m. stictus

[edit] Name

Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)

Type locality: "Found in the Ohio [River]", USA.

Holotype: Not designated.

[edit] Synonyms

• Sirena maculosa Rafinesque, 1818
• Proteus tetradactylus Green, 1818
• Necturus maculatus — Rafinesque, 1819
• Necturus maculosus — Rafinesque, 1820
• Necturus luteus Rafinesque, 1820
• Phanerobranchus tetradactylus Leuckart, 1821
• Triton lateralis Say in James, 1823
• Menobranchus lateralis — Harlan, 1825
• Menobranchus tetradactylus — Harlan, 1825
• Menobranchus sayii Gray, 1825
• Phanerobranchus cepedii Fitzinger, 1826
• Necturus tetradactylus — Wagler, 1830
• Necturus lateralis — Wagler, 1830
• Menobranchus lacepedii Gray in Cuvier, 1831
• Hemitriton (Menobranchus) tetradactylus — Van der Hoeven, 1833
• Menobranchus maculatus — Holbrook, 1842
• Proteus canadensis Hodgkins, 1856
• Siredon hyemalis Kneeland, 1857
• Necturus maculatus — Boulenger, 1882
• Menobranchus latastei Garnier, 1888
• Necturus lateralis var. latastei — Cope in Garnier, 1888
• Necturus maculosus maculosus — Brimley, 1924
• Necturus louisianensis Viosca, 1938
• Necturus maculosus stictus Bishop, 1941
• Necturus maculosus louisianensis — Schmidt, 1953
• Necturus maculosus walkeri Brode, 1970
• Necturus louisianensis — Collins, 1991

[edit] References

• Rafinesque, 1818, Am. Month. Mag. Crit. Rev., 4: 41.
• Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 84.
• 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. Necturus maculosus . Accessed on 7 August 2008.
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Necturus maculosus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Necturus maculosus (Least Concern) Downloaded on 7 August 2008.

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