Plethodon teyahalee

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 teyahalee

Name

Plethodon teyahalee Hairston, 1950

  • Holotype: UMMZ 100807, adult ♂, collected by N.G. Hairston on 23 August 1949.
  • Type locality: “from an elevation of 4525 ft. on Teyahalee Bald (= Johanna Bald) in the Snowbird Mountains on the boundary between Graham and Cherokee counties, North Carolina”, United States.

Combinations

  • Plethodon jordani teyahalee Hairston, 1950: 269 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Plethodon teyahaleeHighton, 1984: 7 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Synonyms

  • Plethodon oconaluftee Hairston, 1993: 67
    • Holotype: GSMNP 33339, adult ♀, collected by N.G. Hairston on 16 May 1991.
    • Type locality: “Pisgah National Forest, beside Forest Service Road 140 near the North Fork of the French Broad River at an elevation of 930 m on the south-facing slope of the Balsam Mountains, Translyvania County, North Carolina”, United States.

References

Primary references

  • Hairston, N.G. 1950. Intergradation in Appalachian Salamanders of the Genus Plethodon. Copeia 1950(4): 262–273. DOI: 10.2307/1437904 Hybrid open access journal Reference page. 
  • Hairston, Sr., N.G. 1993. On the Validity of the Name teyahalee as Applied to a Member of the Plethodon glutinosus Complex (Caudata: Plethodontidae): A New Name. Brimleyana 18: 65–69. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Southern Appalachian Salamander
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