IRMNG - Andrias Tschudi, 1837

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Andrias Tschudi, 1837

IRMNG_ID

1303174 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1303174)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cryptobranchidae Cope, 1889

Synonymised names

Megalobatrachus Tschudi, 1837 · unaccepted

Megalobranchus Van der Hoeven, 1855 · unaccepted

Palaeotriton Fitzinger, 1837 † · unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed for purposes of...)

suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy (Opinion 869)

Palaeotriton Fitzinger, 1843 † · unaccepted (later usage, erroneously listed...)

later usage, erroneously listed as new genus in Neave

Paleotriton Bronn, 1838 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Proteocordylus Eichwald, 1831 † · unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed for purposes of...)

suppressed for purposes of priority but not homonymy (Opinion 869)

Tritogenius Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted

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Species Andrias davidianus (Blanchard, 1871)
Species Andrias japonicus (Temminck, 1836)
Species Andrias sligoi (Boulenger, 1924)
Species Andrias tschudii

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

N. Jahrb. f. Min., 1837
page(s): 546 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Andrias Tschudi, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1303174 on 2025-01-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2024-01-03 17:10:27Z

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Rees, Tony

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Sources (14)
Notes (1)

original description N. Jahrb. f. Min., 1837
page(s): 546 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Frost, 2004 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Frost, 2004, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Palaeotriton Fitzinger, 1843 †) Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus: Amblyglossae. Vindobonae: Braumüller und Seidel. 106 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23715
page(s): 34 [details]

original description (of Paleotriton Bronn, 1838 †) Lethaea, 2, 1166, 1169. [details]

original description (of Megalobatrachus Tschudi, 1837) N. Jahrb. f. Min., 1837
page(s): 547 [details]

original description (of Megalobranchus Van der Hoeven, 1855) Handb. Dierk., ed. 2, 2
page(s): 464 [details]

original description (of Proteocordylus Eichwald, 1831 †) in Eichwald, Zool. Spec., 3
page(s): 165 [details]

original description (of Tritogenius Gistl, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs: Für höhere Schulen. Hoffmann, Stuttgart.. xvi+216 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526 [details]

original description (of Palaeotriton Fitzinger, 1837 †) Ann. Wien. Mus., 2
page(s): 186 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info The type species, A. scheuchzeri (originally Salamandra scheuchzeri Holl, 1831) is fossil (Miocene), and was initially considered (by Scheuchzer, 1726) as "Homo diluvii testis", a "human witness of the deluge" (pre-Linnaean name). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrias_scheuchzeri) [details]