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Nototriton
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Nototriton lignicola
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Nototriton
Wake & Elias, 1983
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
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