Cryptotriton xucaneborum Rovito, Vázquez-Almazán, Papenfuss, Parra-Olea, and Wake, 2015

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Cryptotriton > Species: Cryptotriton xucaneborum

Cryptotriton xucaneborum Rovito, Vázquez-Almazán, Papenfuss, Parra-Olea, and Wake, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 175: 157. Holotype: MVZ 263575, by original designation. Type locality: "Guatemala, Departamento Alta Verapaz, Municipio Senahú, 3.8 km S (by road) Finca El Volcán, 15.46102° N 89.87055° W (WGS84 datum), 1370 m". 

English Names

Sierra de Xucaneb Hidden Salamander (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from type locality (Municipio Senahú and Municipio Tucurú, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, both in the Sierra de Xucaneb, 1370 and 20145 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Guatemala

Endemic: Guatemala

Comment

The sister taxon of Cryptotriton veraepacis, and confused with it prior to description, according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 836, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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