Pseudotriton ruber

Pseudotriton ruber

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Spelerpinae
Genus: Pseudotriton
Species: Pseudotriton ruber
Subspecies: P. r. nitidus – P. r. ruber – P. r. schencki – P. r. vioscai

Name

Pseudotriton ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)

Type locality: "Les Etats Unis".

Holotype: MNHNP.

Synonyms

• Salamandra rubra Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801
• Salamandra subfusca Green, 1818
• Salamandra rubriventris Green, 1818
• Molge rubra — Merrem, 1820
• Triton rubra — Wagler, 1830
• Pseudotriton subfuscus — Tschudi, 1838
• Mycetoglossus subfuscus — Bonaparte, 1839
• Batrachopsis subfuscus — Fitzinger, 1843
• Spelerpes rubra — Gray, 1850
• Pseudotriton ruber — Baird, 1850
• Mycetoglossus ruber — Gray, 1850
• Bolitoglossa rubra — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Salamandra brevicauda Wied-Neuwied, 1865
• Spelerpes ruber — Cope, 1869
• Amblystoma brevicauda — Boulenger, 1882
• Geotriton rubra — Garman, 1884
• Spelerpes ruber schencki Brimley, 1912
• Spelerpes schencki — Brimley, 1915
• Eurycea rubra rubra — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Eurycea rubra schencki — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Pseudotriton ruber ruber — Dunn, 1918
• Pseudotriton ruber schencki — Dunn, 1918
• Pseudotriton ruber nitidus Dunn, 1920
• Pseudotriton ruber vioscai Bishop, 1928
• Gyrinophilus warneri Sinclair, 1955
• Pseudotriton ruber schenki — Cochran, 1961

References

• Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801 (An. X), Hist. Nat. Rept., 4: 305.
• Dunn, 1918, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 62: 466.
• 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. Pseudotriton ruber
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Pseudotriton ruber. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudotriton ruber  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 7 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Red Salamander
Nederlands: Rode salamander
polski: Nibytryton czerwony