Cryptotriton nasalis

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: Cryptotriton
Species: Cryptotriton nasalis

Name

Cryptotriton nasalis (Dunn, 1924)

Type locality: "mountains west of San Pedro, [Cortés Department,] Honduras, at 2000 feet on trail".

Holotype: FMNH 4568.

Synonyms

• Oedipus nasalis Dunn, 1924
• Chiropterotriton nasalis — Taylor, 1944
• Chiropterotriton abscondens Taylor, 1948
• Nototriton nasalis — Wake & Elias, 1983
• Cryptotriton nasalis — García-París & Wake, 2000

References

• Dunn, 1924, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 12: 97.
• García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 58.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Cryptotriton nasalis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Cryptotriton nasalis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Cryptotriton nasalis  (Endangered) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cortes Moss Salamander