Dendrotriton bromeliacius

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: Dendrotriton
Species: Dendrotriton bromeliacius

Name

Dendrotriton bromeliacius (Schmidt, 1936)

Type locality: "Volcan Tajumulco, at 8,000 feet altitude, on the trail above El Porvenir, [Department of] San Marcos, Guatemala".

Holotype: FMNH 21062.

Synonyms

• Oedipus bromeliacia Schmidt, 1936
• Chiropterotriton bromeliacia — Taylor, 1944
• Dendrotriton bromeliacia — Wake & Elias, 1983
• Dendrotriton bromeliacius — Frank & Ramus, 1995

References

• Schmidt, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 161.
• Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 11.
• 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. Dendrotriton bromeliacius
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Dendrotriton bromeliacius. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Dendrotriton bromeliacius  (Endangered) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Common Bromeliad Salamander