Plethodon mississippi

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Plethodon mississippi Highton in Highton, Maha & Maxson, 1989: 65.

Type locality: "locality 79 [34° 36´ 38 N, 88° 11´ 56 W]... , Tishomingo State Park, at an elevation of 177 m, Tishomingo County, Mississippi", USA.

Holotype: USNM 257388.

Highton, R., Maha, G.C. & Maxson, L.R. 1989. Biochemical evolution in the Slimy Salamanders of the Plethodon glutinosus complex in the eastern United States. Illinois Biological Monographs 57: 1–153. BHL 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 mississippi
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon mississippi. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon mississippi (Not Evaluated) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

English: Mississippi Slimy Salamander