Desmognathus santeetlah

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: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species: Desmognathus santeetlah

Name

Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981

Type locality: "from a seepage area at ca. 1219 m (4000´) in the headwaters of the N. Fork of Citico Cr. below Cherry Log Gap, Unicoi Mtns., Monroe County", Tennessee, USA.

Holotype: USNM 214218.

Synonyms

Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981
Desmognathus fuscus santeetlah — Petranka, 1998

References

Tilley, 1981, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 695: 3.
Petranka, 1998, Salamand. U.S. Canada: 174.
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 santeetlah
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Desmognathus santeetlah. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Desmognathus santeetlah (Least Concern) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Santeetlah Dusky Salamander