Nototriton abscondens (Taylor, 1948)
Chiropterotriton abscondens Taylor, 1948, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 61: 177. Holotype: R.C. Taylor 1414, by original designation; now FMNH 178285, according to Good and Wake, 1993, Herpetol. Monogr., 7: 131-159. Type locality: "Isla Bonita (American Cinchona Plantation), elev. 5500 ft., Volcán Poas, Caribbean drainage", Costa Rica.
Nototriton abscondens — Good and Wake, 1993, Herpetol. Monogr., 7: 140.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Subhumid and humid premontane and humid montane areas of the Cordillera de Tilarán and Cordillera Central of Costa Rica, 1010-2500 m elevation.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Nototriton picadoi by Good and Wake, 1993, Herpetol. Monogr., 7: 131-159 (who provided an account), where it had been placed by Wake and Lynch, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 25: 59. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 141-142. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 276, provided a brief account and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 639.
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