Climbing salamander
| Climbing Salamanders | |
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| Aneides lugubris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Aneides Baird, 1851 |
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Climbing salamanders is the common name for plethodontid (lungless) salamanders of the genus Aneides. As this name suggests, most of these species have prehensile tails and are as mobile up a tree as in a stream. All six species inhabit mountain ecosystems, and all but two are found primarily in the mountains of California.
Species
Six species are assigned to this genus:
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Aneides aeneus (Cope and Packard, 1881) | Green Salamander |
| Aneides ferreus Cope, 1869 | Clouded Salamander |
| Aneides flavipunctatus (Strauch, 1870) | Black Salamander |
| Aneides hardii (Taylor, 1941) | Sacramento Mountain Salamander |
| Aneides lugubris (Hallowell, 1849) | Arboreal Salamander |
| Aneides vagrans Wake and Jackman, 1999 | Wandering Salamander |
External links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008). Aneides. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 30, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Aneides. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 30, 2008).
- Caudata Culture Species Database - Plethodontidae
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