Thorius adelos (Papenfuss and Wake, 1987)
Nototriton adelos Papenfuss and Wake, 1987, Acta Zool. Mexicana, N.S.,, 21: 7. Holotype: MVZ 112226, by original designation. Type locality: "65 km NE (by Mex. Hwy. 175) of Gueletao, Oaxaca, Mexico. Found in a bromeliad."
Cryptotriton adelos — García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 58.
Thorius adelos — Wake, Rovito, Maisano, and Hanken, 2012, Zootaxa, 3579: 67.
English Names
Sierra Juarez Moss Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 12; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32).
Sierra Juarez Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 30).
Distribution
Cloud forest at elevations of 1530-2050 m on the Caribbean slopes of the Sierra de Juarez and Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Comment
Canseco-Márquez, 2006, Herpetol. Rev., 37: 356-357, provided a range extension and discussion of the range. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 280, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 569. Wake, Rovito, Maisano, and Hanken, 2012, zootaxa, 3579: 67-70, reported on osteology and taxonomy.
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