Dendrotriton megarhinus

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 megarhinus

Name

Dendrotriton megarhinus (Rabb, 1960)

Type locality: "northern slopes of Cerro Tres Picos, about 19 kilometers northeast of Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico. Altitude approximately 7000 feet".

Holotype: UIMNH 40782.

Synonyms

• Chiropterotriton megarhinus Rabb, 1960
• Dendrotriton megarhinus — Wake & Elias, 1983

References

• Rabb, 1960, Copeia, 1960: 304.
• Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 1–19.
• 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 megarhinus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Dendrotriton megarhinus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Dendrotriton megarhinus  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Longnose Bromeliad Salamander