Dendrotriton cuchumatanus

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: Dendrotriton
Species: Dendrotriton cuchumatanus

Name

Dendrotriton cuchumatanus (Lynch & Wake, 1975)

Type locality: "forest along highway 9N, 8. 5 km (by road) SW San Juan Ixcoy, Huehuetenago, Guatemala, at about 2860 m elev. "

Holotype: MVZ 113002.

Synonyms

• Chiropterotriton cuchumatanus Lynch & Wake, 1975
• Dendrotriton cuchumatanus — Wake & Elias, 1983

References

• Lynch and Wake, 1975, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 265: 6.
• Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 1–19.
• 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. Dendrotriton cuchumatanus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Dendrotriton cuchumatanus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Dendrotriton cuchumatanus  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cuchumatanas Bromeliad Salamander