Biology:Chiropterotriton
Chiropterotriton, also known as splayfoot salamanders or flat-footed salamanders, is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae. The genus is endemic to Mexico.[1]
Chiropterotriton are widely distributed in northern and eastern Mexico. They are an ecologically diverse group, occupying a range of habitats, including cloud forests, pine-oak forests, oak forests, and caves. They may be found in various microhabitats, such as arboreal bromeliads, rock crevices, caves, and terrestrial cover objects. Most species are superficially similar in their appearance, making species delimitation by purely morphological means difficult. However, molecular methods have aided description of new species.[2]
Species
As of 2020, this genus includes 23 species:[1][3][4]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common name |
|---|---|
| Chiropterotriton arboreus (Taylor, 1941) |
Arboreal splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton aureus García-Castillo et al., 2018 |
Atzalan golden salamander |
| Chiropterotriton casasi Parra-Olea et al., 2020 |
Tlapacoyan salamander |
| Chiropterotriton ceronorum Parra-Olea et al., 2020 |
Ceron family salamander |
| Chiropterotriton chico García-Castillo, Rovito, Wake, and Parra-Olea, 2017 |
El Chico salamander |
| Chiropterotriton chiropterus Cope, 1863 |
Common splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton chondrostega Taylor, 1941 |
Gristle-headed splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton cieloensis Rovito and Parra-Olea, 2015 |
El Cielo salamander |
| Chiropterotriton cracens Rabb, 1958 |
Graceful splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton dimidiatus Taylor, 1939 |
Dwarf splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton infernalis Rovito and Parra-Olea, 2015 |
Sistema Purificación salamander |
| Chiropterotriton lavae Taylor, 1942 |
Pygmy splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton magnipes Rabb, 1965 |
Bigfoot splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton melipona Parra-Olea et al., 2020 |
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| Chiropterotriton miquihuanus Campbell, Streicher, Cox, and Brodie, 2014 |
Miquihuana splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton mosaueri Woodall, 1941 |
Cave splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton multidentatus Taylor, 1938 |
Toothy splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton nubilus García-Castillo et al., 2018 |
Cloud forest salamander from Cofre de Perote |
| Chiropterotriton orculus Cope, 1865 |
Chignahuapan splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton perotensis Parra-Olea et al., 2020 |
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| Chiropterotriton priscus Rabb, 1956 |
Primeval splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton terrestris Taylor, 1941 |
Terrestrial splayfoot salamander |
| Chiropterotriton totonacus Parra-Olea et al., 2020 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Chiropterotriton Taylor, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Chiropterotriton.
- ↑ Rovito, Sean M.; Parra-Olea, Gabriela (2015). "Two new species of Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from northern Mexico". Zootaxa 4048 (1): 57–74. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4048.1.3. PMID 26624736.
- ↑ "Plethodontidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2015. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Plethodontidae.shtml.
- ↑ Parra-Olea, Gabriela; Garcia-Castillo, Mirna G.; Rovito, Sean M.; Maisano, Jessica A.; Hanken, James; Wake, David B. (26 May 2020). "Descriptions of five new species of the salamander genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from eastern Mexico and the status of three currently recognized taxa". PeerJ 8. doi:10.7717/peerj.8800.
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