Dendrotriton bromeliacius (Schmidt, 1936)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Dendrotriton > Species: Dendrotriton bromeliacius

Oedipus bromeliacia Schmidt, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 161. Holotype: FMNH 21062, by original designation. Type locality: "Volcan Tajumulco, at 8,000 feet altitude, on the trail above El Porvenir, [Department of] San Marcos, Guatemala".

Chiropterotriton bromeliaciaTaylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 216.

Dendrotriton bromeliaciaWake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 11. Error in gender agreement.

Dendrotriton bromeliaciusFrank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30. Gender correction.

English Names

Volcan Tajumulco Bromeliad Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).

Tajamulco Bromeliad Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 837).

Distribution

High elevations (1700–2700 m elevation) in humid montane forest in the Department of San Marcos, southwestern Guatemala.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Guatemala

Endemic: Guatemala

Comment

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: 570. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 73–75, compared this species with others from Central America and provided a map and photograph. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 362, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 837–838, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 39, briefly discussed the current location of paratypes. 

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