Pseudotriton montanus

Pseudotriton montanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Euteleostomi Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Spelerpinae
Genus: Pseudotriton
Species: Pseudotriton montanus
Subspecies: P. m. flavissimus – P. m. floridanus – P. m. montanus

Name

Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850

Type locality: "South Mountain, near Carlisle, [Cumberland County,] Pennsylvania", USA.

Syntypes: USNM 3839 (3 specimens).

Synonyms

• Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850
• Spelerpes montana — Gray, 1850
• Pseudotriton flavissimus Hallowell, 1856
• Spelerpes (=P.[seudotriton]) r.[uber] montanus — Cope, 1869
• Spelerpes (= P.[seudotriton]) r.[uber] sticticeps Baird in Cope, 1869
• Spelerpes flavissimus — Strauch, 1870
• Spelerpes ruber var. montanus — Boulenger, 1882
• Geotriton rubra montanus — Garman, 1884
• Geotriton rubra sticticeps — Garman, 1884
• Spelerpes ruber sticticeps Baird in Cope, 1889
• Spelerpes ruber flavissimus — Cope, 1889
• Spelerpes montanus — Brimley, 1917
• Eurycea montana — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
• Eurycea montana flavissima — Löding, 1922
• Pseudotriton montanus montanus — Stejneger & Barbour, 1923
• Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus — Stejneger & Barbour, 1923
• Pseudotriton montanus floridanus Netting & Goin, 1942
• Pseudotriton flavissimus flavissimus — Bishop, 1943
• Pseudotriton flavissimus floridanus — Bishop, 1943
• Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus — Neill, 1948
• Pseudotriton montanus floridanus — Neill, 1948
• Pseudotriton montanus — Schmidt, 1953

References

• Baird, 1850, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 1: 293.
• Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 47.
• 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 montanus

• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Pseudotriton montanus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudotriton montanus (Unknown category) Downloaded on 7 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mud Salamander
Nederlands: Moddersalamander