Dendrotriton | |
---|---|
Dendrotriton rabbi — Guatemalan bromeliad salamander | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
Genus: |
Dendrotriton Wake and Elias, 1983 |
Diversity | |
8 species (see text) |
Dendrotriton or bromeliad salamanders is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to South and Central America: from Southwestern Chiapas, Mexico, to Honduras. [1] These are lungless species possessing a slender body, long tail and prominent eyes. They inhabit high-elevation forests with high humidity.
This genus includes the following eight species: [1] [2]
Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
---|---|
Dendrotriton bromeliacius (Schmidt, 1936) |
Common bromeliad salamander |
Dendrotriton chujorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo, and Brodie, 2010 |
|
Dendrotriton cuchumatanus (Lynch and Wake, 1975) |
Cuchumatanas bromeliad salamander |
Dendrotriton kekchiorum Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo, and Brodie, 2010 |
|
Dendrotriton megarhinus (Rabb, 1960) |
Longnose bromeliad salamander |
Dendrotriton rabbi (Lynch and Wake, 1975) |
Guatemalan bromeliad salamander |
Dendrotriton sanctibarbarus (McCranie and Wilson, 1997) |
Santa Barbara bromeliad salamander |
Dendrotriton xolocalcae (Taylor, 1941) |
Xolocalca bromeliad salamander |