Batrachoseps relictus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species: Batrachoseps relictus

Name

Batrachoseps relictus Brame & Murray, 1968

Type locality: "150 yards above the junction of State Hwy. 173 and the road turnoff to Democrat Hot Springs Resort, above the upper dirt road, 2400 feet elevation in the Kern River Canyon (25.7 mi. by road NE the intersection of Niles and Baker Streets, Bakersfield), Kern County, California", USA.

Holotype: LACM 34360.

Synonyms

• Batrachoseps relictus Brame & Murray, 1968
• Batrachoseps pacificus relictus — Yanev, 1980
• Batrachoseps relictus — Collins, 1997
• Batrachoseps (Batrachoseps) relictus — Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998

References

• Brame and Murray, 1968, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 4: 5.
• Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 5.
• 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 relictus Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Batrachoseps relictus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Batrachoseps relictus  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 29 July 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Relictual Slender Salamander