Pseudoeurycea lynchi Parra-Olea, Papenfuss, and Wake, 2001
Pseudoeurycea lynchi Parra-Olea, Papenfuss, and Wake, 2001, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 20: 3. Holotype: MVZ 230994, by original designation. Type locality: "top of Cerro San Pedro at Loma Alta Microwave Station, 6 km ENE Chiconquiaco, Veracruz, Mexico (19° 45.3′ N, 96° 46.9′ W, 2160 m elevation)".
English Names
Veracruz Green Salamander (original publication; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 33).
Distribution
Central Sierra Oriental in cloud forest in Veracruz (Cerro San Pedro Chicoquiaco near la Joya) and adjacent Puebla (Quetzalan), Mexico, 1200-1500 m elevation.
Comment
Most closely related to Pseudoeurycea nigromaculata according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 206, provided a brief account, photograph, and map, who placed it in the Pseudoeurycea leprosa group. 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: 589.
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