Notophthalmus viridescens

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Notophthalmus
Species: Notophthalmus viridescens
Subspecies: N. v. dorsalis - N. v. louisianensis - N. v. piaropicola - N. v. viridescens

Name

Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)

Type locality: "states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, etc."

Holotype: Not designated.

Synonyms

* Salamandra americana Houttuyn, 1782
* Salamandra stellio Say, 1819
* Triturus (Diemictylus) viridescens Rafinesque, 1820
* Triturus (Notophthalmus) miniatus Rafinesque, 1820
* Salamandra symmetrica Harlan, 1825
* Salamandra punctatissima Wood, 1825
* Salamandra dorsalis Harlan, 1829
* Salamandra greeni Gray, 1831
* Salamandra symmetrica — Harlan, 1835
* Salamandra millepunctata Storer, 1840
* Triton millepunctatus — De Kay, 1842
* Salamandra coccinea De Kay, 1842
* Triton dorsalis — Holbrook, 1842
* Triton symetricus — Holbrook, 1842
* Notopthalmus viridescens — Baird, 1850
* Tristella symmetrica — Gray, 1850
* Molge ocellata Gray, 1850
* Notophthalmus miniatus — Gray, 1850
* Notophthalmus viridescens — Gray, 1850
* Triton punctatissimus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
* Triton symetricus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
* Diemyctylus viridescens — Hallowell, 1856
* Notophthalma viridescens — Gray, 1858
* Triton viridescens — Strauch, 1870
* Salamandra ventralis Provancher, 1875
* Triturus (Triturus) viridescens — Boulenger, 1878
* Molge viridescens — Boulenger, 1882
* Diemyctylus minatus miniatus — Yarrow, 1882
* Diemyctylus minatus viridescens — Yarrow, 1882
* Diemyctylus viridescens viridescens — Cope, 1889
* Diemyctylus minutus — Gage & Norris, 1890
* Diemyctylus viridescens var. vittatus Garman, 1896
* Notophthalmus viridescens — Gill, 1907
* Diemictylus viridescens — Gill, 1907
* Diemyctylus viridescens louisianensis Wolterstorff, 1914
* Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
* Notophthalmus viridescens vittatus — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
* Triturus dorsalis — Dunn, 1918
* Triturus viridescens — Dunn, 1918
* Triturus viridescens symmetrica — Schmidt, 1924
* Diemictylus viridescens louisianensis — Wolterstorff, 1925
* Diemictylus viridescens dorsalis — Wolterstorff, 1925
* Triturus viridescens louisianae — Strecker, 1928
* Triturus viridescens louisianensis — Schmidt & Necker, 1935
* Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis — Herre, 1936
* Diemictylus viridescens forma columbia Scharlinski, 1939
* Triturus louisianensis — Carr, 1940
* Triturus viridescens viridescens — Bishop, 1943
* Triturus viridescens dorsalis — Bishop, 1943
* Triturus viridescens louisianensis — Bishop, 1943
* Diemictylus viridescens piaropicola Schwartz & Duellman, 1952
* Diemictylus viridescens evergladensis Peterson, 1952
* Notophthalmus viridescens — Smith, 1953
* Diemictylus viridescens — Schmidt, 1953
* Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens — Smith, 1953
* Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis — Smith, 1953
* Diemictylus viridescens dorsalis — Schmidt, 1953
* Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis — Smith, 1953
* Diemictylus viridescens louisianensis — Schmidt, 1953
* Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola — Smith, 1953
* Notophthalmus viridescens — Mecham, 1967
* Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis — Mecham, 1967

References

* Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Nat., Lexington, 1: 5, lines 26-27.
* Mecham, 1967, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 53: 1.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Notophthalmus viridescens . Accessed on 8 August 2008.
* AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Notophthalmus viridescens. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Notophthalmus viridescens (Least Concern) Downloaded on 8 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Eastern Newt
Polski: Atlantotryton zielonawy, traszka zielona