Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Salamandridae
Subfamilia: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Notophthalmus
Species: Notophthalmus meridionalis
Subspecies: N. m. kallerti - N. m. meridionalis
Name
Notophthalmus meridionalis (Cope, 1880)
Type locality: "Matamoros, Mexico... tributaries of the Medina River and southward".
Syntypes: ANSP 1104-1106, ANSP 15977.
Synonyms
* Diemyctylus miniatus meridionalis Cope, 1880
* Molge meridionalis — Boulenger, 1888
* Diemyctylus viridescens meridionalis — Cope, 1889
* Diemyctylus meridionalis — Strecker, 1908
* Notophthalmus meridionalis — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
* Triturus meridionalis — Dunn, 1918
* Diemictylus meridionalis — Wolterstorff, 1925
* Diemyctylus kallerti Wolterstorff, 1930
* Triturus kallerti — Smith, 1934
* Notophthalmus viridescens kallerti — Herre, 1936
* Notophthalmus kallerti — Smith, 1953
* Notophthalmus meridionalis meridionalis — Mecham, 1968
* Notophthalmus meridionalis kallerti — Mecham, 1968
References
* Cope, 1880, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 17: 30.
* Stejneger & Barbour, 1917, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept.: 7.
* Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Notophthalmus meridionalis . Accessed on 8 August 2008.
* AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Notophthalmus meridionalis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
* 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Notophthalmus meridionalis (Endangered) Downloaded on 8 August 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Black-spotted Newt
