Desmognathus folkertsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Plethodontinae
Genus: Desmognathus
Species: Desmognathus folkertsi

Name

Desmognathus folkertsi Camp, Tilley, Austin & Marshall, 2002

Type locality: "south of Wolf Creek Road (34° 46´ 05 N latitude; 83° 56´ 37 W longitude) on an upper tributary of the West Fork of Wolf Creek at an elevation of 834 m, Union County, Georgia", USA.

Holotype: USNM 536397.

References

Camp, Tilley, Austin, and Marshall, 2002, Herpetologica, 58: 477.
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. Desmognathus folkertsi
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Desmognathus folkertsi. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Desmognathus folkertsi (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Blackbelly Salamander

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