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Subgenus
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFDFFC0A57443872EC5FDCB" box="[294,474,507,531]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Spelerpes picadoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFDFFC0A4C5403D2E0DFD83" bold="true" box="[151,274,577,603]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Diminutive to small salamanders with a standard length not known to exceed
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, but with adult sizes typically exceeding
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. Possessing small hands and feet that are longer than wide, with the hand width not known to exceed 2.0 mm and foot width not known to exceed
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. Digits of hands and feet, excluding Finger I and Toe I, free of the palmar and plantar tissue for the majority of their lengths, with most digits having the ultimate and parts of the penultimate phalanges free of interdigital tissue. The members of this subgenus are also diagnosed by evident divergence in their mtDNA sequences.
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFDFFC0A49541652E51FCEB" bold="true" box="[199,334,793,819]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Etymology.</emphasis>
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, is formed from the Greek words
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(meaning south) and
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFDFFC0A03E41662BAFFCEB" box="[1132,1200,794,819]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Triton</emphasis>
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, the name of a Greek sea-god. The term “triton” is commonly used word for salamanders, and is a root in several genera and subgenera of bolitoglossine salamanders (
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& Elias 1983
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).
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFDFFC0A4C545522E3FF89E" bold="true" box="[151,288,1838,1862]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
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Map of Costa Rica showing the distribution range of the eight species within the subgenus
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.
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFDFFC0A49545082E78F856" bold="true" box="[199,359,1908,1934]" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Composition.</emphasis>
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We recognize nine species to comprise this subgenus; the following six formerly recognized members of the
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFDFFC0A50045E52D3BF86A" box="[338,548,1944,1970]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="476">Nototriton picadoi</emphasis>
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species group (
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D78FFFDFFC0A7C245E52B5EF86A" box="[912,1089,1945,1970]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="25" pageNumber="476" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="costaricense">N. costaricense</taxonomicName>
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,
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,
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,
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and
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) and three newly proposed taxa described herein below. With the addition of fresh material collected by BK from near the type locality of
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that strongly agreed morphologically with the diagnositic characteristics of that taxon (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFFE4B0AFFFEFFC3A60F42EB2C4DFF69" author="Good, D. A. & Wake, D. B." box="[605,850,151,177]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" pagination="131 - 159" refId="ref26443" refString="Good, D. A. & Wake, D. B. (1993) Systematic studies of the Costa Rican moss salamanders, genus Nototriton, with descriptions of three new species. Herpetological Monographs, 7, 131 - 159. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1466956" type="journal article" year="1993">
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Good and
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1993
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</bibRefCitation>
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) we were able make a detailed taxonomic review of this species.
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<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D78FFFEFFC3A57042C72EC0FF0C" authorityName="Good & Wake" authorityYear="1993" box="[290,479,187,212]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFEFFC3A57042C72EC0FF0C" box="[290,479,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Nototriton major</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was previously known from just a single specimen ever collected, the
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<typeStatus id="54D48859FFFEFFC3A0B642C72A56FF0D" box="[1252,1353,187,213]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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, and no genetic material was available until now for analysis. Following our comparison of the morphological characteristics, genetics, and geographic proximity of known sites, we concluded that
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<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D78FFFEFFC3A7E1437F2B08FEC4" authorityName="Good & Wake" authorityYear="1993" box="[947,1047,259,284]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="major">
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFEFFC3A7E1437F2B08FEC4" box="[947,1047,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">N. major</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can best be recognized as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D78FFFEFFC3A575435B2EE6FE99" box="[295,505,295,321]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="picadoi">
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFEFFC3A575435B2EE6FE99" box="[295,505,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Nototriton picadoi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Additionally, following our detailed review of the situation regarding
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<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D78FFFEFFC3A17A435B2FEEFEBC" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="matama">
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFEFFC3A17A435B2FEEFEBC" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Nototriton matama</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, in similar manner, we propose that this taxon also be recognized as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D78FFFEFFC3A0BD43372A7AFEBD" box="[1263,1381,331,357]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="picadoi">
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFEFFC3A0BD43372A7AFEBD" box="[1263,1381,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">N. picadoi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, due to its very low genetic distance and weakly supported morphological diagnostics that are more of a result of poorly preserved specimens than actual characteristics present on living or well preserved individuals.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3756570FFFEFFC3A49543CA2C54FDE5" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BD036FBFFFEFFC3A49543CA2C54FDE5" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,573]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFEFFC3A49543CA2E7EFE08" bold="true" box="[199,353,438,464]" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Distribution.</emphasis>
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The nine members of the subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D78FFFEFFC3A6A443CB2C74FE08" authorityName="Dubois & Raffaelli" authorityYear="2012" box="[758,875,439,464]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFEFFC3A6A443CB2C74FE08" box="[758,875,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Nototriton</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are known to have a disjunct distribution, with
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<taxonomicName id="4C6F4D78FFFEFFC3A1D143CB2FF4FE2D" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saslaya">
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<emphasis id="B91BEAE9FFFEFFC3A1D143CB2FF4FE2D" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">N. saslaya</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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only being known from two high-elevation sites in northern
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<collectingCountry id="F378766BFFFEFFC3A7DE43A72B1DFE2D" box="[908,1026,475,501]" name="Nicaragua" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Nicaragua</collectingCountry>
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, whereas the remaining eight species are known to be restricted to the Caribbean slopes of
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<collectingCountry id="F378766BFFFEFFC3A6AB43832C67FDC1" box="[761,888,511,537]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
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. The members of this subgenus are known from elevations ranging between roughly
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<quantity id="4C979B1EFFFEFFC3A67D405E2DC4FDE5" box="[559,731,546,573]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.625" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="0.75" pageId="26" pageNumber="477" unit="m" value="1625.0" valueMax="2500.0" valueMin="750.0">750–2500 masl</quantity>
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(
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<figureCitation id="13542A7EFFFEFFC3A6B8405F2C22FDE5" box="[746,829,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="25.[151,250,1838,1862]" captionTargetBox="[158,1430,916,1814]" captionTargetId="figure-272@25.[157,1430,915,1814]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 10. Map of Costa Rica showing the distribution range of the eight species within the subgenus Nototriton." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7156877" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7156877/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="477">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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