Plethodon asupak

Plethodon asupak

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: Plethodon
Species: Plethodon asupak

Name

Plethodon asupak Mead, Clayton, Nauman, Olson & Pfrender, 2005: 169.

Type locality: "Muck-a-Much Creek (41.774° N, 123.031° W) above Scott Bar, Siskiyou County, California at the confluence of the Scot and Klamath Rivers".

Holotype: UMMZ 262026.

References

Primary references

Mead, L.S., Clayton, D.R., Nauman, R.S., Olson, D.H. & Pfrender, M.E. 2005. Newly discovered populations of salamanders from Siskiyou County California represent a species distinct from Plethodon stormi. Herpetologica 61(2): 158–177. JSTOR Reference page.

Links

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. Plethodon asupak
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon asupak. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon asupak (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Siskiyou Slimy Salamander

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