Dendrotriton cuchumatanus (Lynch and Wake, 1975)

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

Chiropterotriton cuchumatanus Lynch and Wake, 1975, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 265: 6. Holotype: MVZ 113002, by original designation. Type locality: "forest along highway 9N, 8. 5 km (by road) SW San Juan Ixcoy, Huehuetenago, Guatemala, at about 2860 m elev. "

Dendrotriton cuchumatanusWake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 1-19.

English Names

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

Cuchumatanes Bromeliad Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 840).

Distribution

High elevation oak forest in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes at the type locality southwest of San Juan Ixcoy, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala 2860 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Guatemala

Endemic: Guatemala

Comment

See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 570. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 363, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 840, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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