Nototriton major

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 major

Name

Nototriton major Good & Wake, 1993: 137

• Holotype: UCR 6756, adult ♂, collected by members of a herpetology class from the University of Costa Rica on 5 October 1975.
• Type locality: “Quebrada Platanillo, approximately 6 km east of Moravia de Chirripó, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica,... Elevation ca. 1200 m”.

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 major  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59298A54378716. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59298A54378716.en. Accessed on 20 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Moravia Moss Salamander