Dendrotriton xolocalcae (Taylor, 1941)
Bolitoglossa xolocalcae Taylor, 1941, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 27: 148. Holotype: USNM 111371, by original designation. Type locality: "Cerro Ovando, Chiapas, Mexico, between 6,800-8,000 feet elevation".
Chiropterotriton xolocalcae — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 216.
Dendrotriton xolocalcae — Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 1-19.
English Names
Xolocalca Bromeliad Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 12; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Xolocalco Bromeliad Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 31).
Distribution
Pine-oak forest of Cerro Ovando, southwestern Chiapas, Mexico, 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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