Nototriton picucha Townsend, Medina-Flores, Murillo, and Austin, 2011

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

Nototriton picucha Townsend, Medina-Flores, Murillo, and Austin, 2011, Syst. Biodiversity, 9: 283. Holotype: USNM 578299, by original designation. Type locality: "northwestern slope of Cerro La Picucha (14.9733° N, 85.9279° W), 1890 m, Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta, Departamento de Olancho, Honduras".

Nototriton (Bryotriton) picuchaDubois and Raffaëlli, 2012, Alytes, 28: 77-161.

English Names

Cerro Picucha Moss Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 883).

Distribution

Known only from the immediate vicinity of the type locality (northwestern slope of Cerro La Picucha, Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta, Departamento de Olancho, Honduras, 1890 to 2910 m elevation).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Honduras

Endemic: Honduras

Comment

 Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 369, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 883, provided an account summarizing morphology, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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