Eurycea longicauda melanopleura

Taxonavigation

Eurycea longicauda melanopleura from Ozark County, Missouri

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: Eurycea
Species: Eurycea longicauda
Subspecies: Eurycea longicauda melanopleura

Name

Eurycea longicauda melanopleura (Cope, 1894)

Type locality: "among the stone on the banks of Raley's Creek, one of the head tributaries of White River", Missouri, USA.

Syntypes: ANSP 10456-60.

Synonyms

• Spelerpes melanopleurus Cope, 1894
• Eurycea melanopleura — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Eurycea longicauda melanopleura — Bishop, 1941

References

• Cope, 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 45: 383.
• Bishop, 1941, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 451: 20
• 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. Eurycea longicauda melanopleura

Vernacular names

English: Dark-sided Salamander