NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Four-toed Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)
- Name authority
- (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)
- Common name
- Four-toed Salamander
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Caudata
- Family
- Plethodontidae
- Genus
- Hemidactylium
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderCaudata
- familyPlethodontidae Gray, 1850
- subfamilyHemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856
- genusHemidactylium Tschudi, 1838
- speciesHemidactylium scutatum (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Salamandra frontalis Gray, 1831 Gray, 1831 | synonym |
| Salamandra melanosticta Gibbes, 1845 Gibbes, 1845 | synonym |
| Batrachoseps scutatus (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) | synonym |
| Salamandra sinciputalbida Green, 1818 Green, 1818 | synonym |
| Cotobotes scutatum (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) | synonym |
| Desmodactylus melanostictus (Gibbes, 1845) (Gibbes, 1845) | synonym |
| Desmodactylus scutatus (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) (Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) | synonym |
| Salamandra scutata Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838 Temminck in Temminck & Schlegel, 1838 | synonym |
| Ambystoma frontale (Gray, 1831) (Gray, 1831) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Temminck & Schlegel, 1838) Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3KN7D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.