Nototriton, commonly referred to as moss salamanders is a genus in the salamander family Plethodontidae, which is characterized by their absence of lungs; they instead achieve respiration through their skin and the tissues lining their mouth. They range from Central Costa Rica to north-central and western Honduras reaching also to eastern Guatemala.
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| Nototriton lignicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
| Genus: | Nototriton Wake & Elias, 1983[1] |
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Species
editThe genus contains the following 20 species:
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Nototriton abscondens (Taylor, 1948) |
Isla Bonita moss salamander |
| Nototriton barbouri (Schmidt, 1936) |
Yoro salamander |
| Nototriton brodiei Campbell & Smith, 1998 |
Cerro Pozo de Agua moss salamander |
| Nototriton costaricense Arias and Kubicki, 2018 |
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| Nototriton gamezi García-París & Wake, 2000 |
Monteverde moss salamander |
| Nototriton guanacaste Good & Wake, 1993 |
Volcan Cacao moss salamander |
| Nototriton lignicola McCranie & Wilson, 1997 |
Cerro de Emmedio moss salamander |
| Nototriton limnospectator McCranie, Wilson & Polisar, 1998 |
Santa Barbara moss salamander |
| Nototriton major Good & Wake, 1993 |
Plantanillo gorge salamander |
| Nototriton matama Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012 |
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| Nototriton mime Townsend, Medina-Flores, Reyes-Calderón, and Austin, 2013 |
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| Nototriton nelsoni Townsend, 2016 |
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| Nototriton oreadorum Townsend, 2016 |
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| Nototriton picadoi (Stejneger, 1911) |
La Estrella salamander |
| Nototriton picucha Townsend, Medina-Flores, Murillo, and Austin, 2011 |
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| Nototriton richardi (Taylor, 1949) |
Richard's moss salamander |
| Nototriton saslaya Köhler, 2002 |
Cerro Saslaya moss salamander |
| Nototriton stuarti Wake & Campbell, 2000 |
Stuart's moss salamander |
| Nototriton tapanti Good & Wake, 1993 |
Tapanti moss salamander |
| Nototriton tomamorum Townsend, 2010 |
Stuart's moss salamander |
References
edit- ^ Wake, David B.; Elias, Paul (1983). "New genera and new species of Central American salamanders, with a review of the tropical genera (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae)" (PDF). Contributions in Science. 345. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: 11–12. doi:10.5962/p.208170.
External links
edit- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008). Nototriton. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: August 1, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Nototriton. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: August 1, 2008).
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