Desmognathus fuscus

Desmognathus fuscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

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: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species: Desmognathus fuscus

Name

Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Type locality: "in the northern parts of the state of New York, in small brooks", USA.

Holotype: Not designated.

Synonyms

• Salamandra fusca Green, 1818
• Salamandra nigra Green, 1818
• Salamandra sinciput-albida Green, 1818
• Triturus fuscus Rafinesque, 1820
• Triturus nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820
• Salamandra picta Harlan, 1825
• Salamandra intermixta Green, 1825
• Salamandra frontalis Gray, 1831
• Triton niger — Holbrook, 1842
• Desmognathus fuscus — Baird, 1850
• Desmognathus niger — Baird, 1850
• Ambystoma frontale — Gray, 1850
• Plethodon fuscum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Molge brunneus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Molge arenatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Ambystoma nigrum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Salamandra phoca B.Matthes, 1855
• Plethodon niger — Hallowell, 1856
• Ambistoma nigrum — Jan, 1857
• Desmognathus fusca — Cope, 1859
• Desmognathus fusca fusca — Cope, 1889
• Desmognathus nigra — Nash, 1905
• Desmognathus fuscus fuscus — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Desmognathus phoca — Dunn, 1923

References

• Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Nat., Lexington, 1: 4.
• Baird, 1850, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 1: 285.
• 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. Desmognathus fuscus Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Desmognathus fuscus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Desmognathus fuscus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Northern Dusky Salamander
• polski: Czarniaczek