Plethodon jacksoni

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 jacksoni

Name

Plethodon jacksoni Newman, 1954

• Holotype: NMNH 134498 (former WBN 6), adult ♂, collected by Walter B. Newman on 11 February 1950.
• Type locality: “Trillium Vale, elevation 2,100 feet, approximately one mile east of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia”.

Combinations

• Plethodon jacksoni Newman, 1954: 9 [original combination]
• Plethodon wehrlei jacksoni — Cochran, 1961: 20 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Plethodon jacksoni — Felix, Wooten, Pierson & Camp, 2019: 439 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Newman, W.B. 1954. A New Plethodontid Salamander from Southwestern Virginia. Herpetologica 10(1): 9–14. JSTOR
• Felix, Z.I., Wooten, J.A., Pierson, T.W. & Camp, C.D. 2019 Re-evaluation of the Wehrle's salamander (Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn) species group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) using genomic data, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4609(3): 429–448. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.3.2. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Blacksburg Salamander