Plethodon dorsalis

Plethodon dorsalis

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: Plethodon
Species: Plethodon dorsalis

Name

Plethodon dorsalis Cope, 1889

Type locality: "Louisville, [Jefferson County,] Kentucky", USA.

Lectotype: USNM 3776A.

Synonyms

• Plethodon cinereus dorsalis Cope, 1869
• Plethodon erythronotus var. dorsalis Baird in Cope, 1869
• Plethodon cinereus dorsalis Cope, 1889
• Plethodon dorsalis — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Plethodon cinereus dorsalis — Bishop, 1943
• Plethodon dorsalis — Schmidt, 1953
• Plethodon dorsalis dorsalis — Thurow, 1956

References

• Cope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 138.
• Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 34.
• Thurow, G.R. 1956. Comparisons of two species of salamanders, Plethodon cinereus and Plethodon dorsalis. Herpetologica 12(3): 177–182. JSTOR Reference page. 
• 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. Plethodon dorsalis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon dorsalis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon dorsalis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Zigzag Salamander