Notophthalmus

Notophthalmus is a genus of newts. There are three species. The name derives from Greek νῶτον (nōton), meaning "back", and Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos), meaning "eye".

Notophthalmus
Notophthalmus viridescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Salamandridae
Subfamily: Pleurodelinae
Genus: Notophthalmus
Rafinesque, 1820

Species

Species recognized as of October 2019:[1]

imageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Notophthalmus meridionalis (Cope, 1880)black-spotted newtnortheastern Mexico and southern Texas
Notophthalmus perstriatus (Bishop, 1941)striped newtsouthern Georgia southward into central Florida
Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)eastern newteastern North America.

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Notophthalmus". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Retrieved 15 October 2019.


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