Chiropterotriton mosaueri (Woodall, 1941)
Oedipus mosaueri Woodall, 1941, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 444: 1. Holotype: UMMZ 88839, by original designation. Type locality: "Durango, Hidalgo, Mexico, at 7200 feet [elevation]".
Chiropterotriton mosaueri — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 216.
Chiropterotriton mosauri — Peters, 1952, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 539: 7. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
Cave Splayfoot Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 11; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Cave Flat-footed Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 30).
Distribution
Caves in the vicinity of Durango (town), northern Hidalgo, Mexico, 2160 m elevation.
Comment
Darda, 1994, Herpetologica, 50: 164-187, noted that this form may be conspecific with Chiropterotriton multidentatus. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 228, provided a brief account and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 568.
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