Nototriton richardi (Taylor, 1949)
Parvimolge richardi Taylor, 1949, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33: 284. Holotype: R. C. Taylor 1436, by original designation; now FMNH 178295 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 40. Type locality: "Isla Bonita (American Cinchona Plantation), Atlantic slope of Volcán Poas [Costa Rica] at an elevation of about 6,500 feet". Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 78, commented on the type locality.
Chiropterotriton richardi — Wake and Lynch, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 25: 60.
Nototriton richardi — Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 12.
English Names
Richard's Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32).
Distribution
Humid lower montane and upper premontane zones on the Atlantic slopes of the Cordillera Central of Costa Rica, at elevations between 1370-1800 m.
Comment
According to Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 12, the placement of this species in Nototriton is problematic. See accounts by Good and Wake, 1993, Herpetol. Monogr., 7: 141, and Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 144-145. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 277, provided a brief account, photograph, 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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