Biology:Aquiloeurycea

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Aquiloeurycea
Aquiloeurycea scandens, Tamaulipan False Brook Salamander, Tamaulipas.jpg
Aquiloeurycea scandens
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Aquiloeurycea
Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero, and Wake, 2015[1]
Type species
Spelerpes cephalicus
Cope, 1869

Aquiloeurycea is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae. They are endemic to Mexico.[2] The genus corresponds to the former "Pseudoeurycea cephalica species group", which was established in order to preserve Ixalotriton and Bolitoglossa while avoiding paraphyly of Pseudoeurycea.[3]

Species

It contains the following species:[2][4]


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References

  1. Rovito, Sean M.; Parra-Olea, Gabriela; Recuero, Ernesto; Wake, David B. (2015). "Diversification and biogeographical history of Neotropical plethodontid salamanders". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (1): 167–188. doi:10.1111/zoj.12271. https://escholarship.org/content/qt7sk1k6vf/qt7sk1k6vf.pdf?t=nyzkc7. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Aquiloeurycea Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero, and Wake, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Aquiloeurycea. Retrieved 14 May 2016. 
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Pseudoeurycea Taylor, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Pseudoeurycea. Retrieved 14 May 2016. 
  4. "Plethodontidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Plethodontidae.shtml. Retrieved 14 May 2016. 

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