Andrias sligoi

Andrias sligoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptobranchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Cryptobranchoidea

Familia: Cryptobranchidae
Genus: Andrias
Species: Andrias sligoi

Name

Andrias sligoi (Turvey et al., 2019)

• Holotype BMNH 1945.11.7.1

Synonymy

• Megalobatrachus sligoi (Boulenger, 1924)

References

Primary references

• Boulengerv, E.G. 1924. On a new giant salamander, living in the Society's gardens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924: 173–174. 

Additional references

• Turvey, S.T.; Marr, M.M.; Barnes, I.; Brace, S.; Tapley, B.; Murphy, R.W.; Zhao, E.; Cunningham, A.A. 2019. Historical museum collections clarify the evolutionary history of cryptic species radiation in the world's largest amphibians. Ecology and Evolution 9(18): 10070–10084. doi:10.1002/ece3.5257. 

Vernacular names

• English: South China giant salamander
• 日本語: スライゴオオサンショウウオ
• 中文: 华南大鲵