Nototriton tapanti

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: Nototriton
Species: Nototriton tapanti

Name

Nototriton tapanti Good & Wake, 1993: 134

• Holotype: MVZ 203746, adult ♀, collected by A. Collazo and D.A. Good on 25 May 1986.
• Type locality: “Rio Quirí (elevation ca. 1300 m), 0.3 km northeast of the junction of the Tapantí Road and the Tausito Road, near Tapantí, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica”.

References

Primary references

• Good, D.A. & Wake, D.B. 1993. Systematic Studies of the Costa Rican Moss Salamanders, Genus Nototriton, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Herpetological Monographs 7: 131–159. DOI: 10.2307/1466956 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Nototriton tapanti  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59303A54379226. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59303A54379226.en. Accessed on 20 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Tapanti Moss Salamander