Nototriton limnospectator McCranie, Wilson, and Polisar, 1998
Nototriton limnospectator McCranie, Wilson, and Polisar, 1998, Herpetologica, 54: 455. Holotype: FSM 98460, by original designation. Type locality: "northwestern side of Montaña de Santa Bárbara southwest of San Luís de los Planes (14° 56′ N, 88° 08′ W), 1910 m elevation, Departamento de Santa Bárbara, Honduras".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Cloud forest in Parque Nacional Santa Barbara in intermediate elevations (1640-1980 m) of the Montaña de Santa Bárbara and 20-25 k east in the Parque Nacional Cerro Azul Meámbar, in the Departamento Cortés, on the Atlantic versant of western Honduras,
Comment
Mostly closely related to Nototriton barbouri and Nototriton lignicola according to the original publication. See account by McCranie and Wilson, 2003, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 763: 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, provided a range extension and discussed the range.
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