NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2009

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Plethodontinae
  Family - Plethodontidae
  Order - Caudata
  Class - Amphibia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Desmognathus fuscus
      Species - Desmognathus aeneus
      Species - Desmognathus auriculatus
      Species - Desmognathus brimleyorum
      Species - Desmognathus imitator
      Species - Desmognathus monticola
      Species - Desmognathus ochrophaeus
      Species - Desmognathus quadramaculatus
      Species - Desmognathus santeetlah
      Species - Desmognathus welteri
      Species - Desmognathus wrighti
      Species - Desmognathus apalachicolae
      Species - Desmognathus ocoee
      Species - Desmognathus orestes
      Species - Desmognathus carolinensis
      Species - Desmognathus marmoratus
      Species - Desmognathus abditus
      Species - Desmognathus conanti
      Species - Desmognathus folkertsi
      Species - Desmognathus planiceps