Cryptotriton veraepacis (Lynch and Wake, 1978)
Chiropterotriton veraepacis Lynch and Wake, 1978, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 294: 2. Holotype: MVZ 112499, by original designation. Type locality: "4.2 km (by road) S Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, . . . . at elevations between 1740 and 1780 meters".
Nototriton veraepacis — Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 12.
Cryptotriton verapacis — García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 58.
English Names
Baja Verapaz Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32).
Distribution
Eastern Guatemala in the Sierra de las Minas and nearby mountains above 1200 m elevation.
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 279-280, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. 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.
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