Pseudobranchus striatus

Pseudobranchus striatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sirenoidea

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: Sirenoidea

Familia: Sirenidae
Genus: Pseudobranchus
Species: Pseudobranchus striatus
Subspecies: P. s. lustricolus – P. s. spheniscus – P. s. striatus

Name

Pseudobranchus striatus (LeConte, 1824)

Type locality: "one of the Le Conte plantations in Floyd or Liberty County, Georgia", USA.

Holotype: "Cabinet of the Lyceum", lost.

Synonyms

• Siren striata LeConte, 1824
• Pseudobranchus striatus — Gray, 1825
• Pseudobranchus striatus striatus — Netting & Goin, 1942
• Pseudobranchus striatus spheniscus Goin & Crenshaw, 1949
• Pseudobranchus striatus lustricolus Neill, 1951

References

• LeConte, 1824, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, 1: 53.
• Gray, 1825, Ann. Philos., London, Ser. 2, 10: 216.
• 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. Pseudobranchus striatus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Pseudobranchus striatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudobranchus striatus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 10 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Siren
polski: Syrena paskowana