Cryptotriton

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.

Cryptotriton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Subfamily:	Hemidactyliinae
Genus:	Cryptotriton García-París & Wake, 2000
Species
7, See table.

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

External links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July 2008). Cryptotriton. Electronic Database accessible at https://web.archive.org/web/20071024033938/http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Cryptotriton. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 31, 2008).