TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE MEXICAN PLETHODONTID SALAMANDERS OF THE GENUS LINEATRITON, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES
2002; Herpetologists' League; Volume: 58; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0194
ISSN1938-5099
AutoresEdmund D. Brodie, Joseph R. Mendelson, Jonathan A. Campbell,
Tópico(s)Plant and animal studies
ResumoWe describe two new species of salamanders of the genus Lineatriton, which occur as allopatric populations in the Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca, and the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico. The name Lineatriton lineolus (Cope) is restricted to populations in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Veracruz. The population in the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, previously allocated to L. lineolus, is here described as Lineatriton orchimelas. The population from the Sierra de Juarez is reported here for the first time and is described as yet another new species of Lineatriton. These new species differ from L. lineolus in aspects of body size, body proportions, and pigmentation of the male reproductive organs.
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