Nototriton brodiei Campbell and Smith, 1998

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Nototriton > Species: Nototriton brodiei

Nototriton brodiei Campbell and Smith, 1998, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 6: 3. Holotype: UTA A-50000, by original designation. Type locality: "west slope of Cerro Pozo de Agua, Sierra de Caral, Municipio de Morales, Izabal, Guatemala, 1125 m elevation, (15° 22′ N, 88° 42′ W)".

Nototriton (Bryotriton) brodieiDubois and Raffaëlli, 2012, Alytes, 28: 77-161.

English Names

Pozo de Agua Moss Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 885).

Distribution

Sierra de Caral, Izabal, Guatemala, and ca. 50 km northeast at the Parque Nacional Cusuco, Cortés, Honduras, all in cloud forest.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Guatemala, Honduras

Comment

Kolby, McCranie, and Rovito, 2009, Herpetol. Rev., 40: 444, provided the first record for Honduras. Vásquez-Almazán and Streicher, 2011, Herpetol. Rev., 42: 235, provided a 850 m elevation record in the Sierra de Caral, Guatemala. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 76–80, compared this species with others from Central America and provided a map and photograph. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 370, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 885, provided an account summarizing morphology, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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