Plethodon nettingi

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 nettingi

Name

Plethodon nettingi Green, 1938

Type locality: "above 4,000 feet on Barton Knob, near Cheat Bridge, [Randolph County,] West Virginia", USA.

Holotype: CM 10279.

Synonyms

  • Plethodon nettingi Green, 1938
  • Plethodon richmondi nettingiHighton & Grobman, 1956
  • Plethodon nettingi nettingiThurow, 1968

References

  • Green, N.B. 1938. A new salamander, Plethodon nettingi, from West Virginia. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 27: 295–299.
  • Thurow, G.R. 1968. On the small black Plethodon problem. Series in the Biological Sciences. Western Illinois University 6: 6–48. Reference page. 
  • Kroschel, Whitney A.; William B. Sutton; Christopher J.W. McClure; Thomas K. Pauley 2014. Decline of the Cheat Mountain Salamander over a 32-Year Period and the Potential Influence of Competition from a Sympatric Species. Journal of herpetology 48(3): 415–422. DOI: 10.1670/13-002

Vernacular names

English: Cheat Mountain Salamander
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