Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles 1830
- Dataset
- Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Caudata
- family
- Salamandridae
- genus
- Pleurodeles
- species
- Pleurodeles waltl
description
Lectotype: RMNH 2379, 1 ad. Ψ. Loc.: Espagne. Leg.: C. W. Michahelles. Remarks. The lectotype was designated by Hoogmoed (1978: 103). The type locality given by Micha- helles (1830: 191) is “ Chiclana in Südspanien ” and “ Hispania meridionali ” (column 195), restricted to “ Chiclana, southern Spain ” by Hoogmoed (1978: 103). This specimen is also the holotype of Salamandra pleurodeles Temminck & Schlegel, 1838.
Name
- Homonyms
- Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles 1830