Necturus alabamensis

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: Proteidae
Genus: Necturus
Species: Necturus alabamensis

Name

Necturus alabamensis Viosca, 1937

  • Holotype: USNM 102676, mature ♀, collected by J. Henry Walker, Jr. in 22 January 1914.
  • Type locality: “Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, [Tuscaloosa County,] Alabama”, United States.

Combinations

  • Necturus alabamensis Viosca, 1937: 121 [original combination]
  • Necturus beyeri alabamensisHecht, 1958: 17 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
  • Necturus alabamensisNeill, 1963: 166 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
  • Necturus punctatus alabamensisBrode, 1970: 5288 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

  • Viosca, Jr., P. 1937. A Tentative Revision of the Genus Necturus with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Southern Gulf Drainage Area. Copeia 1937(2): 120–138. DOI: 10.2307/1436953 Hybrid open access journal Reference page. 
  • Neill, W.T. 1963. Notes on the Alabama Waterdog, Necturus alabamensis Viosca. Herpetologica 19(3): 166–174. JSTOR Reference page. 
  • Brode, W.E. 1970. A systematic study of salamanders of the genus Necturus Rafinesque. Dissertation Abstracts International. B, The Sciences and Engineering 30: 5288–5289.

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Black Warrior Waterdog
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