Speleomantes ambrosii bianchii

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: Plethodontinae
Genus: Speleomantes
Species: Speleomantes ambrosii
Subspecies:Speleomantes ambrosii bianchii

Name

Speleomantes ambrosii bianchii Lanza, Cimmaruta, Forti, Bullini & Nascetti, 2005

Type locality: cave Tana (or Buca) dell Pastiòla, c.n. 481 T/MS, 44°08′08″ N---02°24′08″ W (Rome) on the N slope of Mt Bastione (698 m) and on the left side of the Rio Grande, about 1.2 km SSE of Pùlica (church) and 2.3 km E of Fosdinovo, 360 m (municipality of Fosdinovo; locality Rio Grande)", Italy.

Holotype: Lanza Collection (new) 4452.

Synonyms

• Speleomantes ambrosii bianchii — Lanza, Cimmaruta, Forti, Bullini, and Nascetti, 2005
• Hydromantes (Speleomantes) ambrosii biachii — Van der Meijden, Chiari, Mucedda, Carranza, Corti, and Veith, 2009

References

• Lanza, B. 1955 "1954": Notizie sulla distribuzione in Italia del Geotritone (Hydromantes italicus Dunn) e descrizione di una nuova razza (Amphibia, Plethodontidae). Archivio Zoologico Italiano. Torino, 39: 145–160.
• Lanza, B., Cimmaruta, R., Forti, G., Bullini, L. & Nascetti, G. 2005. Bianchi's cave salamander, Speleomantes ambrosii bianchii n. ssp. (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 97: 59–77. Reference page. 
• Van der Meijden, A., Y. Chiari, M. Mucedda, S. Carranza, C. Corti & M. Veith. 2009: Phylogenetic relationships of Sardinian cave salamanders, genus Hydromantes, based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51: 399–404.

Vernacular names

English: French Cave Salamander
Nederlands: Ambrosis grottensalamander