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Cryptotriton

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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

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Cryptotriton: Brief Summary

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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.

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