ADW: Desmognathus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Class Amphibia (amphibians)
        
        Subclass Lissamphibia (amphibians)
        
        Caudata
        
        Family Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)
        
        Genus Desmognathus
        
        Species Desmognathus abditus (Cumberland Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus aeneus (Seepage Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus apalachicolae (Apalachicola Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus auriculatus (Southern Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus brimleyorum (Ouachita Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus carolinensis (Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus conanti (Spotted Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus folkertsi (Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus fuscus (Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus imitator (Imitator Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus marmoratus (Shovel-nosed Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus monticola (Seal Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus ocoee (Ocoee Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus orestes (Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus planiceps
        
        Species Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Black-bellied Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus santeetlah (Santeetlah Dusky Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus welteri (Black Mountain Salamander)
        
        Species Desmognathus wrighti (Pygmy Salamander)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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