Nototriton (Nototriton) gamezi García-París & Wake, 2000

Kubicki, Brian, Reyes, Aura & Arias, Erick, 2022, Revised taxonomy and distributions of Costa Rican moss salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Nototriton), with descriptions of new taxa, Zootaxa 5194 (4), pp. 451-496 : 488

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7156843
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scientific name	Nototriton (Nototriton) gamezi García-París & Wake, 2000
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Nototriton (Nototriton) gamezi García-París & Wake, 2000 View in CoL

Monteverde moss salamander

Nototriton gamezi García-París & Wake (2000: 55) View in CoL .

Nototriton (Nototriton) gamezi: Dubois & Raffaëlli (2012: 141) View in CoL .

Holotype. MVZ 207122 View Materials , by original designation, an adult female from Costa Rica: Provincia de Alajuela: Cantón de San Ramón: Distrito de Peñas Blancas: Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve : Carril Bosque Eterno at junction with Pantanosa Trail , 1600 m a.s.l. (N 10°19’, W 84°47.5’), collected by D. C. Cannatella, D. A. Good, W. Guindon, and D. B. Wake on 14 August 1987. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym, used as a noun in the masculine genitive case, in dedication to Mr. Rodrigo Gámez, the first director of the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad ( García-París & Wake 2000).

Distribution. Nototriton gamezi is currently only known to inhabit the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve between roughly 1500–1600 masl, but following further exploration in the surrounding mountains its range will likely extend beyond the reserve.