Dendrotriton cuchumatanus (Lynch and Wake, 1975)
Chiropterotriton cuchumatanus Lynch and Wake, 1975, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 265: 6. Holotype: MVZ 113002, by original designation. Type locality: "forest along highway 9N, 8. 5 km (by road) SW San Juan Ixcoy, Huehuetenago, Guatemala, at about 2860 m elev. "
Dendrotriton cuchumatanus — Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 1-19.
English Names
Forest Bromeliad Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Distribution
Sierra de los Cuchumatanes at the type locality southwest of San Juan Ixcoy, Guatemala.
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 281-282, provided a brief account, photograph, 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: 570.
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