Biology:Pseudoeurycea

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Short description: Genus of amphibians

Pseudoeurycea
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Pseudoeurycea mystax in Oaxaca, Mexico
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Pseudoeurycea
Taylor, 1944
Synonyms
  • Lineatriton Tanner, 1950

Pseudoeurycea is a genus of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. The members of this genus are commonly known as the false brook salamanders.[1][2] They are found in Mexico and Guatemala.[1]

In order to preserve Ixalotriton and Bolitoglossa while avoiding paraphyly of Pseudoeurycea, species in the former "Pseudoeurycea bellii species group" have been moved to the genus Isthmura, and those in the former "Pseudoeurycea cephalica species group" to Aquiloeurycea.[1]

Species

It contains the following species:[1][3]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. 
  2. "Smith's False Brook Salamander (Pseudoeurycea smithi)". EDGE. http://www.edgeofexistence.org/amphibians/species_info.php?id=642. 
  3. "Plethodontidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Plethodontidae.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2142293 entry