Chiropterotriton priscus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Chiropterotriton priscus Rabb, 1956

Type locality: "at an elevation of 8,000 feet on Cerro Potosí, near Ojo de Agua, about eleven miles west-northwest of Galeana, Nuevo León, Mexico".

Holotype: FMNH 95999.

Rabb, 1956, Fieldiana, Zool., 39: 11.
Rabb, 1958, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 587: 2.
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. Chiropterotriton priscus
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Chiropterotriton priscus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Chiropterotriton priscus (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

English: Primeval Splayfoot Salamander