Nototriton

Nototriton
Nototriton lignicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Hemidactyliinae
Genus:	Nototriton Wake & Elias, 1983 [1]
Species
See table.

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.

Species

The genus contains the following 20 species:

Binomial Name and Author	Common name
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
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
Nototriton mime Townsend, Medina-Flores, Reyes-Calderón, and Austin, 2013
Nototriton nelsoni Townsend, 2016
Nototriton oreadorum Townsend, 2016
Nototriton picadoi (Stejneger, 1911)	La Estrella salamander
Nototriton picucha Townsend, Medina-Flores, Murillo, and Austin, 2011
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

1. 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

• 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).