Hydromantes shastae

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

Hydromantes shastae Gorman & Camp, 1953

Holotype: MVZ 52314, adult ♀, collected by Joe Gorman on 12 June 1950.
Type locality: “entrance to limestone caves at the edge of Flat Creek Road in the narrows of Low Pass Creek (0.7 miles east of Squaw Creek Road, 18.4 miles north and 15.3 miles east of Redding), Shasta County, California”, United States.

Hydromantes shastae Gorman & Camp, 1953: 39 [original combination]
Hydromantoides shastae — Lanza & Vanni, 1981: 120 [subsequent combination]
Hydromantoides (Hydromantoides) shastae — Dubois, 1984: 108 [subsequent combination]
Hydromantes (Hydromantes) shastae — Wake, Salvador & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2005: 543 [subsequent combination]

Gorman, J. & Camp, C.L. 1953. A New Cave Species of Salamander of the Genus Hydromantes from California, with Notes on Habits and Habitat. Copeia 1953(1): 39–43. DOI: 10.2307/1440242 Reference page.
Wake, D.B., Salvador, A. & Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. 2005. Taxonomy of the Plethodontid Salamander Genus Hydromantes (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 26(4): 543–548. DOI: 10.1163/156853805774806188 Reference page.

Bingham, R.E., Papenfuss, T.J., Lindstrand, L. & Wake, D.B. 2018. Phylogeography and species boundaries in the Hydromantes shastae complex, with description of two new species (Amphibia; Caudata; Plethodontidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161(10): 403–427. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ42.1 Reference page.

Hammerson, G., Wake, D. & Herman, A. 2004. IUCN: Hydromantes shastae (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T10305A3192713. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T10305A3192713.en. Accessed on 25 September 2022.

English: Shasta Salamander