Biology:Nototriton richardi

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Nototriton richardi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Nototriton
Species:
N. richardi
Binomial name
Nototriton richardi
(Taylor, 1949)
Synonyms[3]
  • Nototriton (Nototriton) richardi Parvimolge richardi
  • Taylor, 1949[1] Wake and Lynch, 1976
  • Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012 Nototriton richardi
  • Chiropterotriton richardi Wake and Elias, 1983

Nototriton richardi commonly known as 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. Taylor 1949, pp. 284–285.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Nototriton richardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59300A54378950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59300A54378950.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59300/54378950. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  3. Frost 2017.

Sources

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2211981 entry