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Bradytriton silus Wake and Elias, 1983
Bradytriton silus Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 4. Holotype: MVZ 131587, by original designation. Type locality: "Finca Chiblac, 15 km NE Barillas, Depto. Huehuetenango, Guatemala, elevation 1310 m (4300 ft)".
English Names
Finca Chiblac Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Distribution
Known only from (1) the immediate vicinity of the type locality in extreme northwestern Guatemala, on the eastern slopes of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, ca. 1310 m elevation; (2) Finca Ixcansan, near Yalambojoch, ca. 29 km to the northwest of the type locality, in Guatemala; and (3) 200 km to the northwest of the type locality at San Francisco Jimbal, in Chiapas, Mexico, near the Tabasco border.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Guatemala, Mexico
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: 567. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 70, compared this species with others from Central America and provided a map and photograph. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 365, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Bouzid, Rovito, and Sanchez-Solís, 2015, Herpetol. Rev., 46: 186–187, reported the Chiapas, Mexico, locality and discussed the range of this species. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 845–846, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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