Cryptotriton

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Cryptotriton
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Cryptotriton
García-París & Wake, 2000
Species

7, See table.

Cryptotriton is the genus of hidden salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, native to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. Most species in this genus are endangered or critically endangered with Cryptotriton sierraminensis being data deficient according to the IUCN.

Species

The following seven species are included in this genus:

Binomial Name and AuthorCommon Name
Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi
Papenfuss & Wake, 1987
Alvarez del Toro's hidden salamander
Cryptotriton monzoni
Campbell & Smith, 1998
Monzon's hidden salamander
Cryptotriton nasalis
Dunn, 1924
Cortes salamander
Cryptotriton necopinus
McCranie & Rovito, 2014
Cryptotriton sierraminensis
Vasquez-Almazan, Rovito, Good & Wake, 2009
Sierra de las Minas hidden salamander
Cryptotriton veraepacis
Lynch & Wake, 1978
Baja Verapaz salamander
Cryptotriton xucaneborum
Rovito, Vásquez-Almazán, Papenfuss, Parra-Olea & Wake, 2015



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