Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi

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 alvarezdeltoroi

Name

Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi (Papenfuss & Wake, 1987)

Type locality: "21.5 miles (34. 6 km) N (by Mex. Hwy. 195) of Jitotol, Chiapas, Mexico, 1550 m (5100 feet)".

Holotype: MVZ 158942.

Synonyms

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

References

• Papenfuss and Wake, 1987, Acta Zool. Mexicana, N.S., 21: 9.
• 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 alvarezdeltoroi
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi  (Endangered) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Alvarez del Toro's Moss Salamander