Paradactylodon persicus

Paradactylodon persicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptobranchoidea

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: Cryptobranchoidea

Familia: Hynobiidae
Subfamilia: Hynobiinae
Genus: Paradactylodon
Species: Paradactylodon persicus

Name

Paradactylodon persicus (Eiselt & Steiner, 1970)

Type locality: "Talysch-Gebirge bei Assalem, Prov. Ghilan, Iran, kleiner Bach, ca. 800 m. ü.d.M." (= Talysch Moutains near Assalem, Province of Ghilan, Iran, small creek about 800 meters elevation).

Holotype: NHMW 19435: 4.

Synonyms

• Batrachuperus persicus Eiselt & Steiner, 1970
• Paradactylodon persicus — Zhang, Chen, Zhou, Liu, Wang, Papenfuss, Wake & Qu, 2006

References

• Eiselt and Steiner, 1970, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 74: 78.
• Zhang, Chen, Zhou, Liu, Wang, Papenfuss, Wake, and Qu, 2006, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103: 7364.
• 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. Paradactylodon persicus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Paradactylodon persicus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Paradactylodon persicus  (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 29 July 2008. (as Batrachuperus persicus)

Vernacular names

English: Persian Mountain Salamander
日本語: ペルシアサンショウウオ