Hydromantes shastae

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: Hydromantes
Species: Hydromantes shastae

Name

Hydromantes shastae Gorman & Camp, 1953

Type locality: "entrance to limestone caves at the edge of Flat Creek Road in the narrows of Low Pass Creek (0.7 miles east of Squaw Creek Road, 18.4 miles north and 15.3 miles east of Redding), Shasta County, California", USA.

Holotype: MVZ 52314.

Synonyms

Hydromantes shastae Gorman & Camp, 1953
Hydromantoides shastae — Lanza & Vanni, 1981
Hydromantoides (Hydromantoides) shastae — Dubois, 1984
Hydromantes (Hydromantes) shastae — Wake, Salvador & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2005

References

Gorman and Camp, 1953, Copeia, 1953: 39.
Wake, Salvador, and Alonso-Zarazaga, 2005, Amphibia-Reptilia, 26: 543–548.
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. Hydromantes shastae
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Hydromantes shastae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Hydromantes shastae (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 3 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Shasta Salamander

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