Isthmura maxima

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 maxima

Name

Isthmura maxima (Parra-Olea, García-París, Papenfuss & Wake, 2005)

• Holotype: MVZ 106581, adult ♂, collected by T. Papenfuss on 29 December 1972.
• Type locality: “6 km south of Putla de Guerrero, Oaxaca, México, approximately 16°58.7′ N, 97°53.8′ W; elevation approximately 750 m)”.

Combinations

• Pseudoeurycea maxima Parra-Olea, García-París, Papenfuss & Wake, 2005: 154 [original combination]
• Pseudoeurycea (Isthmura) maxima — Dubois & Raffaëlli, 2012: 142 [subsquent combination]
• Isthmura maxima — Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero & Wake, 2015: 185 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Parra-Olea, G., García-París, M., Papenfuss, T.J. & Wake, D.B. 2005. Systematics of the Pseudoeurycea bellii (Caudata: Plethodontidae) species complex. Herpetologica 61(2): 145–158. DOI: 10.1655/03-02
• 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. 2016. IUCN: Isthmura maxima  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T61907A53989368. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61907A53989368.en. Accessed on 23 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Giant Salamander
español: Salamandra Gigante de Putla

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