Cryptotriton xucaneborum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Cryptotriton
Species: Cryptotriton xucaneborum

Name

Cryptotriton xucaneborum Rovito, Vázquez-Almazán, Papenfuss, Parra-Olea & Wake, 2015: 157

• Holotype: MVZ 263575, adult ♂, collected by S.M. Rovito, C.R. Vásquez-Almazán, E.G. Ruano-Fajardo, and T.J. Papenfuss on 19 August 2007.
• Type locality: “Guatemala, Departamento Alta Verapaz, Municipio Senahú, 3.8 km S (by road) Finca El Volcán, 15.46102° N 89.87055° W (WGS84 datum), 1370 m”.

References

Primary references

• Rovito, S.M., Vázquez-Almazán, C.R., Papenfuss, T.J., Parra-Olea, G. & Wake, D.B. 2015. Biogeography and evolution of Central American cloud forest salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Cryptotriton), with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 150–166. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12268 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Sierra de Xucaneb Hidden Salamander
• español: Salamandra Escondida de la Sierra de Xucaneb