Jr. Mccranie et al., Another new montane salamander (Amphibia : Caudata : Plethodontidae) from Parque Nacional Santa Barbara, Honduras, HERPETOLOGI, 54(4), 1998, pp. 455-461
We describe a new species of Nototriton from cloud forest in Parque Naciona
l Santa Barbara in western Honduras. The new species is apparently most clo
sely related to the allopatric N. barbouri of northwestern and north-centra
l Honduras and N. lignicola of north-central Honduras. The new species can
be distinguished from these two species by the combination of having tiny n
ostrils, a cream-colored or silver lateral stripe, a narrow head, at relati
vely long snout-vent length, and a long tail. The new species also differs
from these two species in several osteological features.