Nyctanolis pernix Elias and Wake, 1983
Nyctanolis pernix Elias and Wake, 1983, in Rhodin and Miyata (eds.), Adv. Herpetol. Evol. Biol.: 2. Holotype: MVZ 134641, by original designation. Type locality: "Finca Chiblac, 10 km (air) NE Barillas, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, (91° 16′ W, 15° 53′ N), 1370 m (4500 ft) elevation".
English Names
Nimble Long-limbed Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 13; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 31).
Distribution
Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello in southern Chiapas (Mexico); in Guatemala on the northeastern slopes of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes and in the Sierra de las Minas above Puruhlá, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, 1200-1610 m elevation.
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 226, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 579.
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