Dendrotriton megarhinus (Rabb, 1960)

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

Chiropterotriton megarhinus Rabb, 1960, Copeia, 1960: 304. Holotype: UIMNH 40782, by original designation. Type locality: "northern slopes of Cerro Tres Picos, about 19 kilometers northeast of Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico. Altitude approximately 7000 feet".

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

English Names

Longnose Bromeliad Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 12; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).

Long-nosed Bromeliad Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 31).

Distribution

Cloud forest of Cerro Tres Picos in southwestern Chiapas, Mexico, 2100 to 2425 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Mexico

Endemic: Mexico

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: 571. 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.: 363, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 840–841, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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