Nototriton maximo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Nototriton
Subgenus: Nototriton (Nototriton)
Species: Nototriton maximo

Name

Nototriton maximo Kubicki, Reyes & Arias, 2022: 485

• Holotype: UCR 23689, adult ♀, collected by Brian Kubicki and Aura Reyes on 22 February 2013.
• Type locality: “Costa Rica: Provincia de Guanacaste: Cantón de Tiláran: Distrito de Tronadora: edge of road approximately 3 kilometers NNW of the entrance to the Santa Elena Reserve, Monteverde, ca. 1425 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Kubicki, B., Reyes, A. & Arias, E. 2022. Revised taxonomy and distributions of Costa Rican moss salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Nototriton), with descriptions of new taxa. Zootaxa 5194(4): 451–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.4.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Maximo’s Moss Salamander