Nototriton lignicola McCranie and Wilson, 1997
Nototriton lignicola McCranie and Wilson, 1997, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 110: 369. Holotype: USNM 497539, by original designation. Type locality: "Cerro de Enmedio (15° 06′ N, 86° 44′ W) along the trail above the Monte Escondido campground, Parque Nacional La Muralla, 1780 m elev., Departamento de Olancho, Honduras".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known from the vicinity of the type locality at intermediate elevations (1760-1780 m) of Cerro de Enmedio in the northwestern portion of Olancho, and and ca. 45 km to the west in the Parque Nacional Montaña de Yoro in the northern Depto. Francisco Morazán, at 1829 m, all on the Atlantic versant of Honduras.
Comment
Most similar to Nototriton barbouri according to the original publication. See accounts by McCranie and Wilson, 2002, Amph. Honduras: 145-147, and McCranie and Wilson, 2003, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 762: 1-2. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 278, provided a brief account and map. McCranie, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 36, summarized the departmental distribution in Honduras. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 578. Townsend, Luque-Montes, and Wilson, 2011, Salamandra, 47: 50-54
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