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Nototriton  Wake and Elias, 1983
Taxonomic Serial No.: 550232

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Bryotriton Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012
  
    Taylorotriton Kubicki, Reyes and Arias, 2022
  
  Common Name(s): moss salamanders [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAmphibia  – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians  
                         OrderCaudata  – salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders  
                            FamilyPlethodontidae Gray, 1850 – Lungless Salamanders  
                               SubfamilyHemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856  
                                  GenusNototriton Wake and Elias, 1983 – moss salamanders  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Nototriton abscondens (Taylor, 1948)  
                                     Species Nototriton barbouri (Schmidt, 1936)  
                                     Species Nototriton brodiei Campbell and Smith, 1998  
                                     Species Nototriton costaricense Arias and Kubicki, 2018  
                                     Species Nototriton gamezi García-París and Wake, 2000  
                                     Species Nototriton guanacaste Good and Wake, 1993  
                                     Species Nototriton kenorum Kubicki, Reyes and Arias, 2022  
                                     Species Nototriton lateomuscus Kubicki, Reyes and Arias, 2022  
                                     Species Nototriton lignicola McCranie and Wilson, 1997  
                                     Species Nototriton limnospectator McCranie, Wilson and Polisar, 1998  
                                     Species Nototriton maximo Kubicki, Reyes and Arias, 2022  
                                     Species Nototriton mime Townsend, Medina-Flores, Reyes-Calderón and Austin, 2013  
                                     Species Nototriton nelsoni Townsend, 2016  
                                     Species Nototriton oreadorum Townsend, 2016  
                                     Species Nototriton picadoi (Stejneger, 1911)  
                                     Species Nototriton picucha Townsend, Medina-Flores, Murillo and Austin, 2011  
                                     Species Nototriton richardi (Taylor, 1949)  
                                     Species Nototriton saslaya Köhler, 2002  
                                     Species Nototriton stuarti Wake and Campbell, 2000  
                                     Species Nototriton tapanti Good and Wake, 1993  
                                     Species Nototriton tomamorum Townsend, Butler, Wilson and Austin, 2010  
                                     Species Nototriton vereh Kubicki, Reyes and Arias, 2022  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Nototriton   
       
  Source: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA   
  Reference for: Nototriton   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Nototriton   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
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