Cryptotriton nasalis (Dunn, 1924)
Oedipus nasalis Dunn, 1924, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 12: 97. Holotype: FMNH 4568, by original designation. Type locality: "mountains west of San Pedro, [Cortés Department,] Honduras, at 2000 feet on trail"; corrected to "along the Quebrada del Infierno on the eastern slops of the Cerro de la Virtúd, 1370 m elevation, 15° 32′ N, 88° 06′ W", by McCranie, 2006, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 803: 2.
Chiropterotriton nasalis — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 216.
Nototriton nasalis — Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 11.
Cryptotriton nasalis — García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 58.
English Names
Cortes Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32).
Distribution
Moderate and intermediate elevations (of the Sierra de Omoa on the Atlantic versant of northwestern Honduras, 1220-2200 m elevation; probably in adjacent Guatemala.
Comment
See account by McCranie and Wilson, 2002, Amph. Honduras: 135-140, who suggest that Cryptotriton wakei is conspecific with Cryptotriton nasalis. McCranie, 2006, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 803: 1-4, provided a review and (p. 3) doubted the distinctiveness of Cryptotriton wakei. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 279, provided a brief account and map. McCranie, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 36, summarized the departmental distribution in Honduras. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 570 and
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