Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Salamandra opaca Gravenhorst, 1807, Vergleich. Uebersicht Linn. Neuern Zool. Syst.: 431. Type(s): Not known to exist; although likely including the animal figured in pl. 10 of Gravenhorst, 1829, Delic. Mus. Zool. Vratislav., 1: 75. Type locality: "Neuyork in Nordamerika" (= New York), USA.

Salamandra fasciata Green, 1818, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1: 350. Syntypes: ANSP 1420-23, according to Fowler and Dunn, 1917, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 69: 9. Type locality: Not stated but presumably the vicinity of Princeton, New Jersey, USA, the residence of the author; restricted to "vicinity of Princeton, New Jersey", USA, by Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 21. Tentative synonymy by Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 63; synonymy by Baird, 1850 "1849", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 1: 283; Cope, 1868 "1867", Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 19: 173.

Salamandra gravenhorstii Fitzinger, 1826, Neue Class. Rept.: 66. Substitute name for Salamandra opaca Gravenhorst, 1807. Attributed to Leuckart.

Ambystoma opaca — Baird, 1850 "1849", J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 1: 283.

Amblystoma opacum — Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad.: 36.

Ambystoma faciatum — Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 106. Based on specimens of Ambystoma tigrinum by implication of Cope, 1889, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 34: 68.

Salamandra armigera Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 106. Nomen nudum attributed to Valenciennes and named in synonymy of Ambystoma fasciatum.

Ambistoma fasciatum — Jan, 1857, Cenni Mus. Civ. Milano: 55. Incorrect subsequent spelling of generic name.

Salamandroides gravenhorstii — Fitzinger, 1864, Bilder Altas Wissenschaftl. Naturgesch. Amph.: pl. 97, fig. 173.

Ambystoma opacum — Dunn, 1918, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 62: 456.

Ambystoma (Ambystoma) opacum — Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3, 38.

English Names

Blotched Salamander (Salamandra fasciata [no longer recognized]: De Kay, 1842, Zool. New York, 1: 76; Amblystoma opacum: Smith, 1877, Tailed Amph.: 37).

Banded Salamander (Salamandra fasciata [no longer recognized]: Green, 1818, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1: 350; Gray, 1831, in Cuvier, Animal Kingdom (Griffith), 9—Appendix: 106; Storer, 1840, Boston J. Nat. Hist., 3: 56; Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 103).

Banded Salamander (Ambystoma opacum: Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 103).

Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum: Yarrow, 1882, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 20; Hay, 1892, Annu. Rep. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. Indiana for 1891: 437; Fowler, 1907, Annu. Rep. N.J. State Mus. for 1906: 39; Brimley, 1907, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 23: 153; Strecker, 1915, Baylor Bull., 18: 55; Stejneger and Barbour, 1917, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept.: 10; Bishop, 1943, Handb. Salamanders: 147; Schmidt, 1953, Check List N. Am. Amph. Rept., Ed. 6: 21; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 27; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 5; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 18; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 14; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 10; Tilley, Highton, and Wake, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 24).

Blotched Salamander (Fowler, 1907, Annu. Rep. N.J. State Mus. for 1906: 39).

Opaque Salamander (Jordan, 1878, Man. Vert. North. U.S., Ed. 2: 195; Davis and Rice, 1883, Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., 1: 26).

Distribution

From southern New Hampshire and southern New York, south to northern Florida, and southwestward to eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas, USA.

Comment

Reviewed by Anderson, 1967, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 46: 1-2, and Petranka, 1998, Salamand. U.S. Canada: 88. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 94-95, provided a brief account, figure, and map.

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