Chiropterotriton aureus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Chiropterotriton
Species: Chiropterotriton aureus

Name

• Chiropterotriton aureus García-Castillo, Soto-Pozos, Aguilar-López, Pineda & Parra-Olea, 2018: 42

Holotype: IBH 31042, adult ♂, collected by Ángel F. Soto-Pozos, M. Delia Basanta, Omar Becerra-Soria, and Mirna G. García-Castillo on 11 July 2016.

Type locality: “Atzalan, Veracruz, 6.5 km N from Atzalan, ejido de desarrollo urbano Quetzalcóatl, Mexico, 1,249 meters (m) above sea level (asl), 19.843138N, 97.231194W”.

References

Primary references

• García-Castillo, M.G., Soto-Pozos, Á.F., Aguilar-López, J.L., Pineda, E. & Parra-Olea, G. 2018. Two new species of Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from central Veracruz, Mexico. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 12(2) [Special Section]: 37–54 (e167). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Atzalan Golden Salamander
español: Salamandra Dorada de Atzalan