Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Plethodontini is a member of the Subfamily Plethodontinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Plethodontini:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- 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 - Tetrapods
- Class: Amphibia
(am-FIB-ee-uh)
Gray, 1825
- Subclass: Lissamphibia
Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass: Lissamphibia
- Order: Caudata
(kaw-DAH-tuh)
Scopoli, 1777 - Salamanders
- Suborder: Ambystomatoidea
- Family: Plethodontidae
Gray, 1850 - Lungless Salamanders
- Subfamily: Plethodontinae
- Plethodontine Salamanders
- Tribe: Plethodontini
- Subfamily: Plethodontinae
- Plethodontine Salamanders
- Family: Plethodontidae
Gray, 1850 - Lungless Salamanders
- Suborder: Ambystomatoidea
- Order: Caudata
(kaw-DAH-tuh)
Scopoli, 1777 - Salamanders
- Infraclass: Lissamphibia
- Subclass: Lissamphibia
Haeckel, 1866
- Class: Amphibia
(am-FIB-ee-uh)
Gray, 1825
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Tribe Plethodontini is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (2): Ensatina · Plethodon
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 123 species and subspecies in the Tribe Plethodontini.
Genera
Ensatina
Ensatina eschscholtzii (commonly known by its genus name, Ensatina) is a complex of plethodontid (lungless) salamanders found in coniferous forests, oak woodland and chaparral from British Columbia, through Washington, Oregon, across California (where all seven subspecies variations are located), all the way down to Baja California in Mexico. [more]
Plethodon
Woodland salamanders are of the genus Plethodon. They are so named due to their habitat, woodlands, and the fact that they have no aquatic larval stage. Eggs are laid underneath a stone or log and young hatch in the adult form. [more]
At least 102 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Plethodon.
More info about the Genus Plethodon may be found here.
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