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El Cielo Salamander, Salamandra de El Cielo (
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A, 4F, 5F)
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(part):
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;
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;
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;
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.
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cf
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29561 (original field number SMR1224), an adult male from
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E (by air) of Rancho El Cielo,
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NNW (by air) of center of Gómez Farías, Reserva de la Biósfera El Cielo, Municipio Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas,
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(WGS84 datum),
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elevation, collected
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by Sean M. Rovito, Gabriela Parra Olea, Jorge F. Sánchez Solís, Thomas J. Devitt, Susan
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, and Elí García Padilla.
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Eleven specimens, all from El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas,
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. Seven males:
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28178, El Valle del Ovni,
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N (by air) of San José (
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,
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);
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28184, same locality data as
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;
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28182, Cueva Govenia,
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NW (by air) of center of Gómez Farías on road to Rancho El Cielo (
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,
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);
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158569, 158572, 158573, 173408, Rancho El Cielo, trail to Agua Linda. Four females:
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28183, same locality data as
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.
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158570, 158571, 173409, Rancho El Cielo, trail to Agua Linda.
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE6DEFC24BB90FB83" bold="true" box="[199,444,1004,1029]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Referred specimens.</emphasis>
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28181, 2818528189, 29574.
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,
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, 105336, 105354, 105363105368.
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173385, 173386, 173393, 173411.
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Assigned to
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because of small size, slender body, relatively long tail, and presence of sublingual fold, and based on mtDNA sequence analysis. Distinguished from all other described species except
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE68EFBB4BB0BFB12" box="[151,295,1148,1172]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. magnipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by large size of eye relative to head length (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE523FBB4B996FB13" author="Rabb" box="[826,954,1148,1173]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Rabb, G. B. (1965) A new salamander of the genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Mexico. Breviora, 235, 1 - 8." type="journal article" year="1965">Rabb 1965</bibRefCitation>
) (
<figureCitation id="13682A5CFFC0005AE5CFFBB4BE33FB12" box="[982,1055,1148,1173]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1384,1406]" captionTargetBox="[161,1425,205,1362]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[161,1426,193,1362]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 4. Head morphology of Chiropterotriton. A) Chiropterotriton miquihuanus (MVZ 269643), B) C. infernalis (MVZ 269665), C) C. priscus (MVZ 269656), D) C. multidentatus (MVZ 163911), E) C. cracens (MVZ 173388), F) C. cieloensis (MVZ 158571). Scale bars correspond to 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/290094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). Additionally, it differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE39BFBB4BAD7FB3E" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arboreus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE39BFBB4BAD7FB3E" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. arboreus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having slightly longer limbs relative to body size (LI males:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE21FFB68BEBCFB3E" box="[1030,1168,1184,1208]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arboreus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE21FFB68BEBCFB3E" box="[1030,1168,1184,1208]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. arboreus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
0.2± 0.63 costal folds (mean±s.d.) vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE756FB0CBBCCFB5A" box="[335,480,1220,1244]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE756FB0CBBCCFB5A" box="[335,480,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-0.2±0.46; females:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE4D6FB0CB97AFB5A" box="[719,854,1220,1244]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arboreus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE4D6FB0CB97AFB5A" box="[719,854,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. arboreus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
0.8±0.29 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE5ECFB0CBEAAFB5A" box="[1013,1158,1220,1244]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE5ECFB0CBEAAFB5A" box="[1013,1158,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
0.1±0.85) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE317FB0CBFB8FB5B" author="Rabb" box="[1294,1428,1220,1245]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Rabb, G. B. (1958) On certain Mexican salamanders of the plethodontid genus Chiropterotriton. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 587, 1 - 37." type="journal article" year="1958">Rabb, 1958</bibRefCitation>
) and a shorter tail relative to body size (TL/SVL males:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE535FB20B9ECFA86" box="[812,960,1256,1280]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE535FB20B9ECFA86" box="[812,960,1256,1280]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.17±0.106 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE299FB20BF25FA86" box="[1152,1289,1256,1280]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arboreus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE299FB20BF25FA86" box="[1152,1289,1256,1280]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. arboreus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.23±0.097; females:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE6E4FAC4BBA7FAA2" box="[253,395,1292,1316]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE6E4FAC4BBA7FAA2" box="[253,395,1292,1316]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.04±0.219 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE458FAC4B8E9FAA2" box="[577,709,1292,1316]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arboreus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE458FAC4B8E9FAA2" box="[577,709,1292,1316]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. arboreus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.08±0.023
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE54AFAC4B9DCFAA3" author="Rabb" box="[851,1008,1292,1317]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Rabb, G. B. (1958) On certain Mexican salamanders of the plethodontid genus Chiropterotriton. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 587, 1 - 37." type="journal article" year="1958">(Rabb, 1958))</bibRefCitation>
and from
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE27DFAC4BF32FAA2" box="[1124,1310,1292,1316]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multidentatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE27DFAC4BF32FAA2" box="[1124,1310,1292,1316]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. multidentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by slightly more elliptical nostrils (NL/NW males:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE44AFAF8B8CDFACE" box="[595,737,1328,1352]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE44AFAF8B8CDFACE" box="[595,737,1328,1352]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.6±0.19 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE561FAF8BE1DFACE" box="[888,1073,1328,1352]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multidentatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE561FAF8BE1DFACE" box="[888,1073,1328,1352]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. multidentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.4±0.22; females:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE314FAF8BFB7FACE" box="[1293,1435,1328,1352]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE314FAF8BFB7FACE" box="[1293,1435,1328,1352]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.8±0.2 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE73EFA9CBBCBFAEA" box="[295,487,1364,1388]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multidentatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE73EFA9CBBCBFAEA" box="[295,487,1364,1388]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. multidentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.5±0.18) and relatively longer limbs in females (LI
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE26EFA9CBF1BFAEA" box="[1143,1335,1364,1388]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multidentatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE26EFA9CBF1BFAEA" box="[1143,1335,1364,1388]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. multidentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
females 1.0±0.97). The latter two species are the sister group of
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE501FAB0B984FA16" box="[792,936,1400,1424]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE501FAB0B984FA16" box="[792,936,1400,1424]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in our phylogenetic analysis. Distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE6CCFA54BBA3FA32" box="[213,399,1436,1460]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chondrostega">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE6CCFA54BBA3FA32" box="[213,399,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. chondrostega</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE7D1FA54B863FA32" box="[456,591,1436,1460]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE7D1FA54B863FA32" box="[456,591,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by larger body size (SVL males:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE5CBFA54BEA7FA32" box="[978,1163,1436,1460]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chondrostega">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE5CBFA54BEA7FA32" box="[978,1163,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. chondrostega</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
26.3±2.06,
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE30DFA54BFB0FA32" box="[1300,1436,1436,1460]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE30DFA54BFB0FA32" box="[1300,1436,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
25.4±0.60 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE75CFA08BBF0FA5E" box="[325,476,1472,1496]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE75CFA08BBF0FA5E" box="[325,476,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
32.6±1.96; females:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE4F8FA08B98CFA5E" box="[737,928,1472,1496]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chondrostega">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE4F8FA08B98CFA5E" box="[737,928,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. chondrostega</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
27.7±2.43,
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE22FFA08BEE8FA51" box="[1078,1220,1472,1495]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE22FFA08BEE8FA51" box="[1078,1220,1472,1495]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
28.3±1.15 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE39BFA08BB29FA7A" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE39BFA08BB29FA7A" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
31.1±2.73), and from
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE41BFA2CB8B5FA7A" box="[514,665,1508,1532]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dimidiatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE41BFA2CB8B5FA7A" box="[514,665,1508,1532]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. dimidiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by larger size (
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE551FA2CB9F2FA7A" box="[840,990,1508,1532]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dimidiatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE551FA2CB9F2FA7A" box="[840,990,1508,1532]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. dimidiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
maximum SVL 29.0), relatively longer tail (
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE6C9F9C0BB40F9A6" box="[208,364,1544,1568]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dimidiatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE6C9F9C0BB40F9A6" box="[208,364,1544,1568]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. dimidiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
TL/SVL 0.770.80 (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE471F9CFB941F9A6" author="Campbell" box="[616,877,1543,1568]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Campbell, J. A., Streicher, J. W., Cox, C. L. &amp; Brodie, E. D. Jr. (2014) A new salamander of the genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Tamaulipas, Mexico. South American Journal of Herpetology, 9, 228 - 234. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2994 / SAJH-D- 14 - 00042.1" type="journal article" year="2014">
Campbell
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE4FAF9C1B90CF9A6" box="[739,800,1544,1568]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
)) and more maxillary teeth (
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE2D0F9C0BF49F9A6" box="[1225,1381,1544,1568]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dimidiatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE2D0F9C0BF49F9A6" box="[1225,1381,1544,1568]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. dimidiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
MT 12.2±0.99 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE72CF9E4BBE8F9C2" box="[309,452,1580,1604]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE72CF9E4BBE8F9C2" box="[309,452,1580,1604]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
31.4±3.66) and vomerine teeth (
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE52AF9E4B9E5F9C2" box="[819,969,1580,1604]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dimidiatus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE52AF9E4B9E5F9C2" box="[819,969,1580,1604]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. dimidiatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
VT 6.6±0.56 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE295F9E4BF37F9C2" box="[1164,1307,1580,1604]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE295F9E4BF37F9C2" box="[1164,1307,1580,1604]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
11.5±2.00) in males (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE71AF987BBAEF9EE" author="Rabb" box="[259,386,1615,1640]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Rabb, G. B. (1958) On certain Mexican salamanders of the plethodontid genus Chiropterotriton. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 587, 1 - 37." type="journal article" year="1958">Rabb 1958</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE78DF998B88BF9EE" box="[404,679,1616,1640]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orculus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE78DF998B88BF9EE" box="[404,679,1616,1640]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Chiropterotriton orculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE4C5F998B94EF9E1" box="[732,866,1616,1639]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE4C5F998B94EF9E1" box="[732,866,1616,1639]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have relatively shorter tails than
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE2CDF998BF4EF9EE" box="[1236,1378,1616,1640]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE2CDF998BF4EF9EE" box="[1236,1378,1616,1640]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(TL/ SVL:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE6F9F9BCBB76F90A" box="[224,346,1652,1676]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orculus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE6F9F9BCBB76F90A" box="[224,346,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. orculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
0.70 1.03,
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE7E1F9BCB8A8F90A" box="[504,644,1652,1676]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE7E1F9BCB8A8F90A" box="[504,644,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
0.901.07 (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE50CF9BCBE31F90A" author="Campbell" box="[789,1053,1652,1677]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Campbell, J. A., Streicher, J. W., Cox, C. L. &amp; Brodie, E. D. Jr. (2014) A new salamander of the genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Tamaulipas, Mexico. South American Journal of Herpetology, 9, 228 - 234. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2994 / SAJH-D- 14 - 00042.1" type="journal article" year="2014">
Campbell
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE588F9BDB9E3F90A" box="[913,975,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
)), and
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE26FF9BCBF31F90A" box="[1142,1309,1652,1676]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chiropterus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE26FF9BCBF31F90A" box="[1142,1309,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. chiropterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has fewer premaxillary-maxillary teeth in males (MT
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE467F950B920F936" box="[638,780,1688,1712]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE467F950B920F936" box="[638,780,1688,1712]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males 31.4±3.66 vs. about
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE267F950BF33F936" box="[1150,1311,1688,1712]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. chiropterus</emphasis>
(
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Campbell
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE68EF975BAFCF952" box="[151,208,1724,1748]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
))
</taxonomicName>
. Differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE7D7F974B8D5F952" box="[462,761,1724,1748]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magnipes">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE7D7F974B8D5F952" box="[462,761,1724,1748]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Chiropterotriton magnipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by much smaller size, fewer maxillary and vomerine teeth, and much narrower feet (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE7ABF917B803F97E" author="Rabb" box="[434,559,1759,1784]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Rabb, G. B. (1965) A new salamander of the genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Mexico. Breviora, 235, 1 - 8." type="journal article" year="1965">Rabb 1965</bibRefCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE477F928B8D6F97E" box="[622,762,1760,1784]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="infernalis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE477F928B8D6F97E" box="[622,762,1760,1784]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. infernalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by reduced foot webbing and narrower hands and feet (FW males:
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE6FEF8CCBB5AF89A" box="[231,374,1796,1820]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE6FEF8CCBB5AF89A" box="[231,374,1796,1820]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
3.2±0.40 vs.
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE409F8CCB8B0F89A" box="[528,668,1796,1820]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="infernalis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE409F8CCB8B0F89A" box="[528,668,1796,1820]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. infernalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
4.2±0.70;
<figureCitation id="13682A5CFFC0005AE50FF8CCB976F89B" box="[790,858,1796,1821]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1563,1585]" captionTargetBox="[166,1420,205,1541]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[166,1420,193,1541]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 5. Hand and foot morphology of Chiropterotriton. A) Chiropterotriton miquihuanus (MVZ 269643), B) C. infernalis (MVZ 269665), C) C. priscus (MVZ 269656), D) C. multidentatus (MVZ 163911) E) C. cracens (MVZ 173388), F) C. cieloensis (MVZ 158571). Scale bars correspond to 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/290095/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Differs from sympatric
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE260F8CCBEDDF89A" box="[1145,1265,1796,1820]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cracens">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE260F8CCBEDDF89A" box="[1145,1265,1796,1820]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cracens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by larger body size (SVL
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE70CF8E0BBBCF8C6" box="[277,400,1832,1856]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cracens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males SVL 25.7±1.98, females 27.4±3.30) and by relatively longer limbs (LI
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE338F8E0BFB0F8C6" box="[1313,1436,1832,1856]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cracens">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE338F8E0BFB0F8C6" box="[1313,1436,1832,1856]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cracens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males 1.8±0.65, females 2.1±0.89) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE434F884B882F8E3" author="Rabb" box="[557,686,1868,1893]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Rabb, G. B. (1958) On certain Mexican salamanders of the plethodontid genus Chiropterotriton. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 587, 1 - 37." type="journal article" year="1958">Rabb 1958</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE4DBF884B9ECF8E2" box="[706,960,1868,1892]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lavae">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE4DBF884B9ECF8E2" box="[706,960,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">Chiropterotriton lavae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has fewer premaxillary-maxillary teeth in males (MT
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE701F8B8BB5AF80E" box="[280,374,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. lavae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males 610 (
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Campbell
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE466F8B9B89AF80E" box="[639,694,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
)) and is larger (SVL
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE5F0F8B8BE6AF80E" box="[1001,1094,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. lavae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males 3650 (
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Campbell
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE344F8B9BFB9F80E" box="[1373,1429,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
)). Differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE792F85CB83AF82A" box="[395,534,1940,1964]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mosaueri">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE792F85CB83AF82A" box="[395,534,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. mosaueri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by smaller body size (max SVL
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE585F85CBE01F82A" box="[924,1069,1940,1964]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE585F85CBE01F82A" box="[924,1069,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
36.1 vs. min SVL
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE309F85CBFB7F82A" box="[1296,1435,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. mosaueri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
39.6), relatively shorter tail (TL/SVL
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE451F870B8FFF856" box="[584,723,1976,2000]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. mosaueri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1.31±0.159), and fewer maxillary and vomerine teeth (MT
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE39BF870BAD3F872" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mosaueri">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE39BF870BAD3F872" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. mosaueri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
5669) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE773F814B823F872" author="Woodall" box="[362,527,2012,2037]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Woodall, H. T. (1941) A new Mexican salamander of the genus Oedipus. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 444, 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1941">Woodall 1941</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE407F814B8B3F873" author="Rabb" box="[542,671,2012,2037]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Rabb, G. B. (1958) On certain Mexican salamanders of the plethodontid genus Chiropterotriton. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 587, 1 - 37." type="journal article" year="1958">Rabb 1958</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC24B28FFC0005AE4B7F814B982F872" author="Campbell" box="[686,942,2012,2037]" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" refString="Campbell, J. A., Streicher, J. W., Cox, C. L. &amp; Brodie, E. D. Jr. (2014) A new salamander of the genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Tamaulipas, Mexico. South American Journal of Herpetology, 9, 228 - 234. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2994 / SAJH-D- 14 - 00042.1" type="journal article" year="2014">
Campbell
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE53CF815B94CF872" box="[805,864,2012,2036]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
). Distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC0005AE2B3F814BF33F872" box="[1194,1311,2012,2036]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="6" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="priscus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC0005AE2B3F814BF33F872" box="[1194,1311,2012,2036]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="63">C. priscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having relatively longer limbs (LI
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC1005BE7CFFF50B860FF29" box="[470,588,152,175]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="priscus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE7CFFF50B860FF29" box="[470,588,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. priscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males 3.2±0.40, females 3.7±0.30) and a less robust body, and from
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFC1005BE39BFF50BB04FF52" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="miquihuanus">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE39BFF50BB04FF52" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. miquihuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by much smaller nostril (NL males:
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE4FFFF74B9B1FF52" box="[742,925,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. miquihuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
NL 0.82±0.07 vs.
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE29AFF74BF3AFF52" box="[1155,1302,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
0.19±0.02; females:
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE6E5FF28BB82FF7E" box="[252,430,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. miquihuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
0.85±0.04 vs.
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE44DFF28B8CFFF7E" box="[596,739,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
0.21±0.02;
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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Description of the
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.
</emphasis>
Moderately sized (SVL
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) adult male with relatively long tail (TL/SVL 1.09), thin, approximately round at base, tapering toward end. Relatively wide head (HW
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), with eyes protruding just beyond margin of jaw when viewed from above. Head relatively flattened, nostril moderately sized and oval shaped (NL/NW 1.37), snout blunt, nasolabial protuberances well developed. Relatively large, nearly circular mental gland present. Premaxillary teeth (2) pierce upper lip. Vomerine teeth (11) extend in a line nearly to outer margin of choanae. Limbs relatively long (LI 0.5), hands and feet moderately sized with well-developed interdigital webbing. Webbing extends just onto penultimate phalanx. Toe tips bluntly rounded with well develop subterminal pads. Phalangeal formulae: manus 1-2-3-2, pes 1-2-3-3-2. Digits in order of increasing length: manus I-IV-II-III, pes I-V~II-IV-III.
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Measurements (in mm), limb interval and tooth counts of the
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.
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SVL 33.8, TL 36.8, AX 17.7, HL 6.7, HW 4.8, head depth at posterior angle of jaw 2.4, snout projection beyond mandible 0.4, IO 1.8, EN 1.5, IN 1.7, eyelid length 2.2, eyelid width 1.4, horizontal orbit diameter 1.9, FLL 8.2, HLL 9.0, snout to forelimb 9.7, width of right hand 2.1, FW 3.2, T3 1.4, T5 0.7, snout to anterior angle of vent 30.2, tail width at base 1.9, tail depth at base 2.1, shoulder width 3.75. NL 0.26, NW 0.19. Adpressed limbs separated by 0.5 costal folds. Premaxillary teeth 2, maxillary teeth 24, vomerine teeth 11.
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE6DEFCD7BB17FCBE" bold="true" box="[199,315,799,824]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Variation.</emphasis>
One of the male
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is slightly larger than the
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(
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); this specimen (IBH 28182) has a much longer tail (
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) and longer limbs than the
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. The nostril shape in this species appears to vary from oval (NL/NW 1.4) to elongated elliptical (NL/NW 2.0). Several of the
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have substantially more premaxillary-maxillary teeth than the
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, up to 56 premaxillary-maxillary teeth in female
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MVZ 158571.
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Coloration of the
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in life (from photos).
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Dorsal surface of head and dorsum Ferruginous (35) with extensive Cream Yellow (82) speckles. Dorsal surface of tail same colors with fewer, more scattered speckles. Upper side of limbs Ferruginous with some Cream Yellow speckles. Gular region Light Russet Vinaceous (246). Venter and underside of limbs immaculate Cinnamon Drab (259). Ventral side of tail pale Raw Umber (280). Underside of toe tips Crimson (65). Iris Light Yellow Ocher (13).
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Coloration of the
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in alcohol.
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Dorsum and dorsal surface of tail uniform medium brown. Dorsal surface of head slightly lighter brown, eyelids dark brown, dorsal coloration extends to lateral midline where it changes to pale grey brown. Dorsal surface of limbs light yellowish brown extending to onto upper side of hands and feet. Gular region ventral surface of tail and ventral side of limbs pale yellowish cream color with uniform scattering of tiny dark brown flecks. Underside of hands and feet pale yellowish brown.
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE6DEFAF4BBD1FAD3" bold="true" box="[199,509,1340,1365]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Habitat and distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE410FAF4B910FAD2" box="[521,828,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Chiropterotriton cieloensis</emphasis>
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is known only from moderate to higher elevations (approximately
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elevation;
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) of the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in Tamaulipas,
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. This mountain range is known as the Sierra de
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(
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). The species is found in broadleaf cloud forest and has been taken from arboreal bromeliads and caves, and has been found occasionally under the bark of rotten logs (
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). It occurs in sympatry with
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE4EDFA04B941FA62" box="[756,877,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. cracens</emphasis>
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, which is also endemic to the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve.
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE6E7FA38B807F98E" box="[254,555,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Chiropterotriton cieloensis</emphasis>
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appears to be more common in bromeliads than
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE255FA38BEEFF98E" box="[1100,1219,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. cracens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the latter does not occur in caves (
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).
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE42FF9DCB960F9AA" box="[566,844,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Aquiloeurycea scandens</emphasis>
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is commonly found in caves and occasionally in bromeliads with
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE741F9F0BBC5F9D6" box="[344,489,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and a member of the
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE4EAF9F0BE20F9D6" box="[755,1036,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Aquiloeurycea cephalica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group and
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE28BF9F0BF16F9D6" box="[1170,1338,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Isthmura bellii</emphasis>
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are also found in sympatry with
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE7BDF994B81EF9F2" box="[420,562,1628,1652]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We also assign specimens to this species from a lower elevation cave (
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elevation) at Aserradero El Paraíso, in tropical deciduous forest (
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;
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). The species is unlikely to occur more widely.
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE7A8F96CB93DF93A" box="[433,785,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Chiropterotriton multidentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found in highland areas to the southwest, and
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE39BF96CBB04F966" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. miquihuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE77DF900BBDEF966" box="[356,498,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">C. infernalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are found to the northwest. El Cielo is near the northern limit of cloud forest in
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, so the species is unlikely to occur further north.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BEC36D9FFC1005BE6DEF8C7B833F8F6" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE6DEF8C7BB62F8AE" bold="true" box="[199,334,1807,1832]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet makes reference to the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, where the species is found. El Cielo means “heaven” in Spanish, an appropriate term for the spectacular cloud forest habitat that is protected by the biosphere reserve.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3496552FFC10054E6DEF8B4B881FB96" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="65" pageId="7" pageNumber="64" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFC1005BE6DEF8B4BB17F813" bold="true" box="[199,315,1916,1941]" pageId="7" pageNumber="64">Remarks.</emphasis>
While it has long been known that there are two species present at El Cielo, distinguishing the two has not always been easy, especially before the advent of molecular systematic methods. The assignment of juveniles to species based on morphology was especially difficult. The allozyme study of
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clearly showed the presence of two species at El Cielo, but the mtDNA study of
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found that all individuals had nearly identical mtDNA sequences, indicating the presence of only one species. Our expanded mtDNA study, however, shows the presence of two species from El Cielo, in agreement with the allozyme results. We assigned a single individual with a sequence different from all of those from Parra-Oleas study to
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E68EFEE0BB83FEC6" box="[151,431,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">Chiropterotriton cracens</emphasis>
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based on morphological features, while all other individuals in our study had sequences closely matching those from the species previously referred to as
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E590FE84BE68FEE2" box="[905,1092,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. multidentatus</emphasis>
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. This means that the El Cielo sequences from
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Parra-Olea
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E7D5FEB9B828FE0E" box="[460,516,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">et al.</emphasis>
(2003)
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correspond to the second species, which we name here as
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.
</emphasis>
Of the individuals used in the
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study from El Cielo, Parra-Olea included eight in her study. Three of the specimens identified as
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E7BEFE70B84EFE56" box="[423,610,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. multidentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the allozyme study are in the clade of
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E225FE70BEE0FE56" box="[1084,1228,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
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samples from our study, and morphological data also support their assignment to
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E543FE14B9C4FE72" box="[858,1000,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Four more of the specimens are small juveniles or could not be located, but both allozymes and mtDNA support their assignment to
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E2ADFDC8BF6EFD9E" box="[1204,1346,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Only a single specimen remains in conflict between molecular studies: MVZ 173380, was assigned to
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E2A1FDECBF03FDBA" box="[1208,1327,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. cracens</emphasis>
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by
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, however, this same specimen was assigned to
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E503FD80B9F4FDE6" box="[794,984,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. multidentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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. This individual corresponds more closely to
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E7FBFDA4B870FD02" box="[482,604,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. cracens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in morphology, especially in having relatively short limbs (LI 2.0). It is possible that an error in one of the two studies resulted in the disagreement between allozyme and mtDNA results. We choose not to include this individual in our morphological comparisons because of the difficulty in assigning it to either of the two species.
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Most specimens in other museums from El Cielo currently classified as
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E23BFD34BEF3FC92" box="[1058,1247,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. multidentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are most likely assignable to
<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E729FCE8BBEBFCBE" box="[304,455,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">
<taxonomicName id="4C534D5AFFCE0054E729FCE8BBEFFCBE" box="[304,451,800,824]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Chiropterotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="65" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cieloensis">C. cieloensis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Without examining these specimens, however, we have chosen not to refer them to the species, with the exception of specimens identified by
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. We assign specimens from the lower elevation population at Aserradero El Paraíso to this species based on the morphological comparisons of
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, who determined that the El Paraíso specimens were very similar morphologically to those from El Cielo and likely belonged to the same species. Molecular comparisons would be instrumental in confirming the conspecific status of this population with
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<emphasis id="B927EACBFFCE0054E7BBFC1CB81EFC6A" box="[418,562,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="65">C. cieloensis</emphasis>
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, but we were unable to reach the El Paraíso locality during our fieldwork to obtain tissue samples for phylogenetic analysis.
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