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Chiropterotriton perotensis Parra-Olea, García-Castillo, Rovito, Maisano, Hanken, and Wake, 2020
Chiropterotriton perotensis Parra-Olea, García-Castillo, Rovito, Maisano, Hanken, and Wake, 2020, PeerJ, 8(e8800): 24. Holotype: MVZ 200693, by original designation. Type locality: "14.4 km S (by road surfaced with rocks) Las Vigas de Ramírez at Microwave Station, Valle Alegre, Veracruz, Mexico, 3,020 masl, 19.56917°N, 97.09528°W(EPE = max. error distance 1.142 km)". urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:54AB015C-5CCD-46C7-B260-8BACA8D02C68
English Names
Valle Alegre Salamander (original publication).
Valle Alegre Splayfoot Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 804).
Distribution
Slopes of Pico de Orizaba, Mexico, both in pine-and-fir forest and from the tree line to the summit, at elevations from 2600 to 4015 m.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Mexico
Endemic: Mexico
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 805, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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