Desmognathus ocoee

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 ocoee

Name

Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949

Type locality: "on the surface and in crevices of cliffs at Ship's Prow Rock, in Ocoee Gorge, beside U.S. Highway 64, nine miles airline west of Ducktown, in Polk County, Tennessee", USA.

Holotype: USNM 128007.

Synonyms

Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949
Desmognathus perlapsus Neill, 1950

References

Nicholls, 1949, J. Tennessee Acad. Sci., 24: 127.
Neill, 1950, Publ. Res. Div. Ross Allens Rept. Inst., 1: 1.
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 ocoee
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Desmognathus ocoee. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Desmognathus ocoee (Least Concern) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ocoee Dusky Salamander

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