Pseudoeurycea orchileucos (Brodie, Mendelson, and Campbell, 2002)
Lineatriton orchileucos Brodie, Mendelson, and Campbell, 2002, Herpetologica, 58: 200. Holotype: KU 86620, by original designation. Type locality: "5 km S Yetla, Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico, 730 m".
Pseudoeurycea orchileucos — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 359.
Pseudoeurycea orchileuca — Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 34. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
Sierra de Juárez Worm Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 34).
Distribution
Vicinity of Yetla and Vista Hermosa, between 800 and 1390 m elevation on the humid northern slope of the Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 224, provided a brief account (as Lineatriton orchileucos) and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Lineatriton orchileucos) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 577.
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