Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Gorgan Salamander
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater
Ecology: It is an almost fully aquatic species
. The adults
are only known from a single pool
in the cave that measures 100 m
by 10 m at its widest point
. The larvae of the species are only found outside the cave in the stream
flowing from it. Its breeding biology
is not well known, but eggs
are deposited by the female and fertilized by the male. The forest
surrounding the cave and stream is a temperate
rainforest type
(Hyrcanian forest).
List of Habitats
:5.9Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater
Springs
and Oases
5.18Wetlands (inland) - Karst and Other Subterranean
Hydrological Systems (inland)
7.1Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- 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
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Urodela
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Cryptobranchoidea
()
- Dunn, 1922
- Family:
Hynobiidae
()
- Cope, 1859
- Genus:
Batrachuperus
()
- Boulenger, 1878
- Specific name:
gorganensis
- Clergue-Gazeau and Thorn, 1979
- Scientific name: - Batrachuperus gorganensis Clergue-Gazeau and Thorn, 1979
- Specific name:
gorganensis
- Clergue-Gazeau and Thorn, 1979
- Genus:
Batrachuperus
(
- Family:
Hynobiidae
(
- Suborder:
Cryptobranchoidea
(
- Order:
Urodela
(
- 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: 28-Mar-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Batrachuperus
There are approximately 14 species in this genus:
B. cochranae · B. gorganensis (Gorgan Salamander) · B. karlschmidti · B. karlschmidtii · B. londongensis (Longdong Stream Salamander) · B. longdongensis · B. mustersi (Afghani Brook Salamander) · B. persicus (Persian Brook Salamander) · B. pinchoinii · B. pinchonii (Pinchon's Salamander) · B. sinensis · B. taibaiensis (Taibai Stream Salamander) · B. tibetanus (Alpine Stream Salamander) · B. yenyuanensis (Yenyuan Stream Salamander)
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Further Reading
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Baloutch, M. and Kami, H.G. (1995). Amphibians of Iran. Tehran Univ. Publ., Tehran.
- Baloutchi, M. and Kami, H.G. 1995. Amphibians of Iran. Tehran University Publications, Tehran.
- Clergue-Gazeau, M. and Farcy, J.P. 1978. Un Batrachuperus adulte dans une grotte d'Iran: Espece nouvelle? International Journal of Speleol. 10: 185-193.
- Clergue-Gazeau, M. and Thorn, R. 1979. Une nouvelle espece de salamandre du genre Batrachuperus en provenence de l'Iran septentrional (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 114: 455-460.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Kami, H.G. 1999. Additional specimens if the Persian Mountain Salamander, Batrachuperus persicus, from Iran (Amphibia: Hynobiidae). Zoology in the Middle East 19: 37-42.
- Kami, Haji Gholi (1999). "Additional specimens if the Persian Mountain Salamander, Batrachuperus persicus, from Iran (Amphibia: Hynobiidae)." Zoology in the Middle East, 19, 37-42.
- Stöck, M. 1999. On the biology and the taxonomic status of Batrachuperus gorganensis Clergue-Gazeau et Thorn, 1979 (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae) based on topotypic specimens. Zoologische Abhandlungen Mus. Tierkd. 24(14): 217-241.
- Stöck, M. 1999. On the biology and the taxonomic status of Batrachuperus gorganensis Clergue-Gazeau et Thorn, 1979 (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae) based on topotypic specimens. Zoologische Abhandlungen Mus. Tierkd. 24(14): 217-241.
- Thorn, R. 1968. Les Salamandres d'Europe, d'Asia, et d'Afrique du Nord. Éditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
- Thorn, R. 1968. Les Salamandres d’Europe, d’Asia, et d’Afrique du Nord. Éditions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S., Rastegar-Pouyani, N. and Kuzmin, S. 2004. Batrachuperus gorganensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475922
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668195
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668195
- IUCN ID: 2666
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2443
