Speleomantes sarrabusensis

Speleomantes sarrabusensis

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 sarrabusensis

Name

Speleomantes sarrabusensis Lanza, Leo, Forti, Cimmaruta, Caputo & Nascetti, 2001

Type locality: "Sotto pietre ai piedi della collino Bruncu de su Crabu, 240-260 m s.l.m, 39° 15´ 20 N-03° 20´ 50 W (Roma; 09° 20´ 54 E Greenwich) (Sardegna SE Sàrrabus, gruppo del Monte dei Sette Fratelli, provincia di Cagliari, comune di Quartuccio), sotto una pietra in area granitica con zone erbose e bassa macchia mediterrana".

Holotype: MZUF 25532.

Synonyms

• Speleomantes imperialis sarrabusensis Lanza, Leo, Forti, Cimmaruta, Caputo & Nascetti, 2001
• Speleomantes sarrabusensis — Vieites, Min & Wake, 2007
• Hydromantes (Speleomantes) sarrabusensis — Carranza, Romano, Arnold & Sotgiu, 2008

References

• Lanza, B., Leo, P., Forti, G., Cimmaruta, R., Caputo, V. & Nascetti, G. 2001. Descrizione preliminare dello Speleomantes imperialis sarrabusensis subsp. n. (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae). Pianura 13: 83–84. Reference page. 
• Vieites, Min, and Wake, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 19903–19907.
• 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. Speleomantes sarrabusensis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Speleomantes sarrabusensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Speleomantes sarrabusensis  (Not Evaluated) Downloaded on 5 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sarrabus Cave Salamander