Dendrotriton megarhinus (Rabb, 1960)
Chiropterotriton megarhinus Rabb, 1960, Copeia, 1960: 304. Holotype: UIMNH 40782, by original designation. Type locality: "northern slopes of Cerro Tres Picos, about 19 kilometers northeast of Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico. Altitude approximately 7000 feet".
Dendrotriton megarhinus — Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 1-19.
English Names
Longnose Bromeliad Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 12; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Long-nosed Bromeliad Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 31).
Distribution
Cloud forest of Cerro Tres Picos in southwestern Chiapas, Mexico, ca. 2000 m elevation.
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 282, 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: 571.
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