Nototriton abscondens (Taylor, 1948)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Nototriton > Species: Nototriton abscondens

Chiropterotriton abscondens Taylor, 1948, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 61: 177. Holotype: R.C. Taylor 1414, by original designation; now FMNH 178285, according to Good and Wake, 1993, Herpetol. Monogr., 7: 131-159. Type locality: "Isla Bonita (American Cinchona Plantation), elev. 5500 ft., Volcán Poas, Caribbean drainage", Costa Rica.

Nototriton abscondensGood and Wake, 1993, Herpetol. Monogr., 7: 140.

Nototriton (Nototriton) abscondensDubois and Raffaëlli, 2012, Alytes, 28: 141.

English Names

Concealed Moss Salamander (Kubicki, Reyes, and Arias, 2022, Zootaxa, 5194: 487).

Isla Bonita Moss Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 877).

Distribution

Subhumid and humid premontane and montane areas of the Cordillera Central from the northern slopes of Turrialba Volcano to the western flanks of Juan Castro Blanco National Park, Costa Rica, 1010–2500 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Costa Rica

Endemic: Costa Rica

Comment

Removed from the synonymy of Nototriton picadoi by Good and Wake, 1993, Herpetol. Monogr., 7: 131-159 (who provided an account), where it had been placed by Wake and Lynch, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 25: 59. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 141-142. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 639. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 76–80, compared this species with others from Central America and provided a map and photograph. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 3661, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Comparative morphology, molecular markers, and a dot map provided by Kubicki, Reyes, and Arias, 2022, Zootaxa, 5194: 451–496, as part of their revision of the genus. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 877–878, provided an account summarizing morphology, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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