Cryptotriton veraepacis

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 veraepacis

Name

Cryptotriton veraepacis (Lynch & Wake, 1978)

Type locality: "4.2 km (by road) S Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala,... at elevations between 1740 and 1780 meters".

Holotype: MVZ 112499.

Synonyms

• Chiropterotriton veraepacis Lynch & Wake, 1978
• Nototriton veraepacis — Wake & Elias, 1983
• Cryptotriton verapacis — García-París & Wake, 2000

References

• Lynch and Wake, 1978, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 294: 2.
• 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 veraepacis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Cryptotriton veraepacis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Cryptotriton veraepacis  (Endangered) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Baja Verapaz Salamander