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Plethodon (woodland salamander)
Taxonomy
Plethodon was named by Tschudi (1838). It is extant.
It was assigned to Plethodontinae by Estes (1981) and Holman (1985); and to Plethodontidae by Cope (1875), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Plethodontinae by Estes (1981) and Holman (1985); and to Plethodontidae by Cope (1875), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Plethodon Tschudi |
| 1875 | Plethodon Cope p. 27 |
| 1981 | Plethodon Estes |
| 1985 | Plethodon Holman |
| 1988 | Plethodon Carroll |
| 1990 | Plethodon Holman et al. p. 523 |
| 1996 | Plethodon Frank and Ramus |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Plethodon Tschudi 1838 [woodland salamander]
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Plethodon cinereus Green 1818 [Redback salamander]
Plethodon glutinosus Green 1818 [northern slimy salamander]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 10.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Tennessee) | Plethodon sp. (26574) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Plethodon gultinosus (20302) | |
| Middle Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Plethodon glutinosus (75974) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Plethodon glutinosus (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Plethodon glutinosus (20650) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Plethodon glutinosus (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Plethodon glutinosus (20638) |