Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Cryptotriton
Species: C. adelos – C. alvarezdeltoroi – C. monzoni – C. nasalis – C. necopinus – C. sierraminensis – C. veraepacis – C. wakei
Name
Cryptotriton García-París & Wake, 2000
Type species: Oedipus nasalis Dunn, 1924
References
García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 58.
Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Cryptotriton access date 31 July 2008
Vernacular names
English: Cryptic salamanders
Cryptotriton is the genus of hidden salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, native to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. Most species in this genus are endangered or critically endangered with Cryptotriton sierraminensis being data deficient according to the IUCN.
Species
The following seven species are included in this genus:
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi Papenfuss & Wake, 1987 |
Alvarez del Toro's hidden salamander |
| Cryptotriton monzoni Campbell & Smith, 1998 |
Monzon's hidden salamander |
| Cryptotriton nasalis Dunn, 1924 |
Cortes salamander |
| Cryptotriton necopinus McCranie & Rovito, 2014 |
|
| Cryptotriton sierraminensis Vasquez-Almazan, Rovito, Good & Wake, 2009 |
Sierra de las Minas hidden salamander |
| Cryptotriton veraepacis Lynch & Wake, 1978 |
Baja Verapaz salamander |
| Cryptotriton xucaneborum Rovito, Vásquez-Almazán, Papenfuss, Parra-Olea & Wake, 2015 |
External links
Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008). Cryptotriton. Electronic Database accessible at https://web.archive.org/web/20071024033938/http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Cryptotriton. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
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