Eurycea pterophila

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: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Eurycea
Species: Eurycea pterophila

Name

Eurycea pterophila Burger, Smith & Potter, 1950

Type locality: "The shallow stream flowing from Fern Bank Spring, 6.3 miles northeast of Wimberley on the Blanco River road, Hays County, Texas."

Holotype: FPC A993.

Synonyms

• Eurycea pterophila Burger, Smith & Potter, 1950
• Eurycea neotenes pterophila — Schmidt, 1953
• Eurycea (Paedomolge, Notiomolge, Blepsimolge) pterophila — Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox & Chippindale, 2001
• Eurycea (Blepsimolge) pterophila — Raffaëlli, 2007

References

• Burger, Smith, and Potter, 1950, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 63: 51.
• Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 180.
• 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 pterophila
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Eurycea pterophila. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Eurycea pterophila  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Blanco River Springs Salamander