Batrachoseps major aridus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

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: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species: Batrachoseps major
Subspecies: Batrachoseps major aridus

Name

Batrachoseps major aridus Brame, 1970

Type locality: "[South Fork of] Hidden Palm Canyon, a tributary of Deep Canyon, elevation approximately 2800 feet, (10.5 miles by road S of the intersection of state Highways 111 and 74, town of Palm Desert), NW end of Santa Rosa Mountains, from slopes on western side of the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California", USA.

Holotype: LACM 56271.

Synonyms

• Batrachoseps aridus Brame, 1970
• Batrachoseps major aridus — Wake & Jockusch, 2000

References

• Brame, 1970, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 200: 2.
• Wake and Jockusch, 2000, in Bruce et al., Biol. Plethodontid Salamanders: 117
• 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. Batrachoseps major aridus

Vernacular names

English: Desert Slender Salamander