Cryptotriton adelos

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 adelos

Name

Cryptotriton adelos (Papenfuss & Wake, 1987)

Type locality: "65 km NE (by Mex. Hwy. 175) of Gueletao, Oaxaca, Mexico. Found in a bromeliad."

Holotype: MVZ 112226.

Synonyms

• Nototriton adelos Papenfuss & Wake, 1987
• Cryptotriton adelos — García-París & Wake, 2000

References

• Papenfuss and Wake, 1987, Acta Zool. Mexicana, N.S., 21: 7.
• 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 adelos
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Cryptotriton adelos. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Cryptotriton adelos  (Endangered) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.
• Wake, D.B., Rovito, S.M., Maisano, J.A. & Hanken, J. 2012. Taxonomic status of the enigmatic salamander Cryptotriton adelos (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from northern Oaxaca, Mexico, with observations on its skull and postcranial skeleton. Zootaxa 3579: 67–70. Preview Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sierra Juarez Moss Salamander