Plethodon vehiculum

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 vehiculum

Name

Plethodon vehiculum (Cooper, 1860)

Type locality: "Astoria, [Clatsop County,] Oregon", USA.

Holotype: animal figured on pl. 31, fig. 4 in the original publication.

Synonyms

  • Ambystoma vehiculum Cooper, 1860
  • Plethodon intermedius Baird in Cope, 1868
  • Plethodon vehiculus — Bishop, 1934
  • Plethodon vehiculum — Slater, 1940

References

  • Cooper, 1860, Rep. Upon Explor Surv. Route Railroad Mississippi-Pacific Ocean, 12 (Book 2, Pt. 3, No. 4): viii.
  • Slater, 1940, Occas. Pap. Dept. Biol. Puget Sound, 9: 43.
  • 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 vehiculum
  • AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon vehiculum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
  • 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon vehiculum  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Western Red-backed Salamander
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