Isthmura
| Isthmura | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
| Genus: | Isthmura Dubois and Raffaelli, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Spelerpes belli Gray, 1850 | |
Isthmura is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae. They are endemic to Mexico.[1] The genus, which corresponds to the former "Pseudoeurycea bellii species group", was established in 2015 in order to preserve Ixalotriton and Bolitoglossa while avoiding paraphyly of Pseudoeurycea.[2]
Species
It contains the following species:[1][3]
- Isthmura bellii (Gray, 1850)
- Isthmura boneti (Alvarez and Martín, 1967)
- Isthmura gigantea (Taylor, 1939)
- Isthmura maxima (Parra-Olea, García-París, Papenfuss, and Wake, 2005)
- Isthmura naucampatepetl (Parra-Olea, Papenfuss, and Wake, 2001)
- Isthmura sierraoccidentalis (Lowe, Jones, and Wright, 1968)
References
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Isthmura Dubois and Raffaelli, 2012". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Pseudoeurycea Taylor, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ "Plethodontidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
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