Pseudoeurycea orchimelas (Brodie, Mendelson, and Campbell, 2002)
Lineatriton orchimelas Brodie, Mendelson, and Campbell, 2002, Herpetologica, 58: 200. Holotype: UMMZ 227953, by original designation. Type locality: "SE slope Volcán San Martín, Veracruz, Mexico, approximately 1100 m".
Pseudoeurycea orchimelas — 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 orchimela — Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 34. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
English Names
San Martin Worm Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 34).
Distribution
Elevations of 100-1300 m in the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas and the adjacent Sierra de Santa Marta, Veracruz, Mexico.
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 224, provided a brief account (as Lineatriton orchimelas) and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Lineatriton orchimelas) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 577.
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