Isthmura bellii

Isthmura bellii

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: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Isthmura
Species: Isthmura bellii

Name

Isthmura bellii (Gray, 1850)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.6.23 (formerly 1850.I.III.9.9a)
• Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “Río Frío, 2 miles east of”, Puebla, Mexico, by Smith & Taylor (1950: 341).

Combinations

• Spelerpes bellii Gray, 1850: 46 [original combination]
• Geotriton bellii — Cope, 1879: 263 [subsequent combination]
• Oedipus bellii — Dunn, 1918: 471 [subsequent combination]
• Bolitoglossa bellii — Taylor, 1941: 77 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoeurycea bellii — Taylor, 1944: 209 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoeurycea bellii bellii — Lowe, Jones & Wright, 1968: 4 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoeurycea (Isthmura) bellii — Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2012: 142 [subsequent combination]
• Isthmura bellii — Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 185 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1850. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphibia in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Batrachia Gradientia, etc. Spottiswoodes and Shaw: London. 72 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, H.M. & Taylor, E.H. 1950. Type localities of Mexican reptiles and amphibians. The University of Kansas science bulletin 33(8): 313–380. BHL Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. & Raffaëlli, J. 2012. A new ergotaxonomy of the order Urodela Duméril, 1805 (Amphibia, Batrachia). Alytes 28(3–4): 77–161. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Rovito, S.M., Vázquez-Almazán, C.R., Papenfuss, T.J., Parra-Olea, G. & Wake, D.B. 2015. Biogeography and evolution of Central American cloud forest salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Cryptotriton), with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 150–166. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12268 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Isthmura bellii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T89185854A53981344. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T89185854A53981344.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Bell's False Brook Salamander

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