Rhyacotriton olympicus

Rhyacotriton olympicus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Rhyacotritonidae
Genus: Rhyacotriton
Species: Rhyacotriton olympicus

Name

Rhyacotriton olympicus (Gaige, 1917)

Type locality: "Lake Cushman, [Olympic Mountains,] Washington", USA.

Holotype: UMMZ 48607.

Synonyms

• Ranodon olympicus Gaige, 1917
• Rhyacotriton olympicus — Dunn, 1920
• Rhyacotriton olympicus olympicus — Stebbins & Lowe, 1951

References

• Gaige, 1917, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 40: 2.
• Dunn, 1920, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 7: 56.
• 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. Rhyacotriton olympicus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Rhyacotriton olympicus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Rhyacotriton olympicus  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 7 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Olympic Torrent Salamander
polski: Olimpiak