Plethodon teyahalee

Plethodon teyahalee

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: Plethodon
Species: Plethodon teyahalee

Name

Plethodon teyahalee Hairston, 1950

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", USA.

Holotype: UMMZ 100807.

Synonyms

Plethodon jordani teyahalee Hairston, 1950
Plethodon teyahalee — Highton, 1984
Plethodon oconaluftee Hairston, 1993

References

Hairston, 1950, Copeia, 1950: 269.
Highton, 1984, Brimleyana, 9: 1–20.
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 teyahalee
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Plethodon teyahalee. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Plethodon teyahalee (Least Concern) Downloaded on 4 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Appalachian Salamander

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