Plethodon vehiculum

Plethodon vehiculum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Plethodon
Species: Plethodon vehiculum

Name

Plethodon vehiculum (Cooper, 1860)

Type locality: "Astoria, [Clatsop County,] Oregon", USA.

Holotype: animal figured on pl. 31, fig. 4 in the original publication.

Synonyms

• Ambystoma vehiculum Cooper, 1860
• Plethodon intermedius Baird in Cope, 1868
• Plethodon vehiculus — Bishop, 1934
• Plethodon vehiculum — Slater, 1940

References

• Cooper, 1860, Rep. Upon Explor Surv. Route Railroad Mississippi-Pacific Ocean, 12 (Book 2, Pt. 3, No. 4): viii.
• Slater, 1940, Occas. Pap. Dept. Biol. Puget Sound, 9: 43.
• 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 vehiculum Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon vehiculum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon vehiculum  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Western Red-backed Salamander