Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Central Newt
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
(
)
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
)
- Order:
Caudata
(
)
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Salamandroidea
(
)
- Sarasin, 1890
- Family:
Salamandridae
(
)
- Goldfuss, 1820
- Subfamily:
Pleurodelinae
(
)
- Genus:
Notophthalmus
(
)
- Rafinesque, 1820
- Specific name:
viridescens
- Subspecies:
louisianensis
- Scientific name: - Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis (Wolterstorff, 1914)
- Subspecies:
louisianensis
- Specific name:
viridescens
- Genus:
Notophthalmus
(
- Subfamily:
Pleurodelinae
(
- Family:
Salamandridae
(
- Suborder:
Salamandroidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 11, 2001.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Notophthalmus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. meridionalis (Texas Black-Spotted Newt) · N. perstriatus (Striped Newt) · N. viridescens (Yellow Bellied Lizard) · N. viridescens dorsalis (Broken-Stripe Newt) · N. viridescens louisianensis (Central Newt) · N. viridescens piaropicola (Peninsula Newt) · N. viridescens viridescens (Eastern Newt)
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 23, p. 39, p. 40.
- The amphibians of Missouri / by Tom R. Johnson. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1977. url fig. 4, page 11, fig. 20, page 37, fig. 21, page 38, p. 8.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475374
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208216
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13895164
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208216
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAF01032
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 177607
