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.

Nototriton richardi
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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]
  • Parvimolge richardi Taylor, 1949[1]
  • Chiropterotriton richardi Wake and Lynch, 1976
  • Nototriton richardi Wake and Elias, 1983
  • Nototriton (Nototriton) richardi Dubois and Raffaëlli, 2012

Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Citations

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  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. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. ^ Frost 2017.

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