Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi (Papenfuss and Wake, 1987)
Nototriton alvarezdeltoroi Papenfuss and Wake, 1987, Acta Zool. Mexicana, N.S.,, 21: 9. Holotype: MVZ 158942, by original designation. Type locality: "21.5 miles (34. 6 km) N (by Mex. Hwy. 195) of Jitotol, Chiapas, Mexico, 1550 m (5100 feet)".
Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi — García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 58.
English Names
Alvarez del Toro's Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 12; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 31).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Jitotol) and one nearby locality on the Caribbean slopes of the Mesa Central of Chiapas, Mexico, 1200-1550 m elevation.
Comment
See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 569.
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