Nototriton richardi

Nototriton richardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Nototriton
Species: N. richardi
Binomial name
Nototriton richardi
(Taylor, 1949)
Synonyms[1]
  • Parvimolge richardi Taylor, 1949[2]
  • Chiropterotriton richardi Wake and Lynch, 1976
  • Nototriton richardi Wake and Elias, 1983
  • Nototriton (Nototriton) richardi Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012

Nototriton richardi (common name: Richard's salamander) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Cordillera Central, Costa Rica.

Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Citations

  1. ↑ Frost 2017.
  2. ↑ Taylor 1949, pp. 284–285.

Sources

  • Bolaños, F., Wake, D & Savage, J. 2004. Nototriton richardi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
  • Frost, Darrel (2017). "Nototriton richardi (Taylor, 1949)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  • Taylor, Edward H. (1949). "New salamanders from Costa Rica". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 33 (6): 279–288.

Further reading

  • 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. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 345: 1–19.


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