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A female (UF 155377) from
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NNE of La
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by J. Slapcinsky and the field team of J. M. Butler, L. P. Ketzler, N. M. Stewart, J. H. Townsend, and L. D. Wilson. Original field number JHT 2437.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA4E91801D5F89CFE96F80C" bold="true" box="[196,324,1919,1945]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A small member of the genus
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(SVL=
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) based on having 13 costal grooves (&gt;16 costal grooves in
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), hands and feet longer than broad (hands and feet broader than long in
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), and nares that are smaller than most
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and
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(
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A, B; 0.018 NL/ SVL; 0.0200.029 NL/SVL in
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[except some individuals of
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] and
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).
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has nares ranging from 0.0170.027 NL/SVL (mean 0.022), and can be differentiated from
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by having a uniformly dark gray ventral surface (ventral surface pale with gray flecks in
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA3E91F0186FB5FFE94FB40" box="[151,326,1212,1237]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
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;
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). Generic placement in
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is also strongly supported by sequence data from the mitochondrial genes 16S and
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(Table 3;
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). This new species is distinguished from all other
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, by having syndactylous hands and feet (
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C, D; hands and feet with free, differentiated toes in all other species) and relatively large nares (
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A, B; 0.018 NL/SVL versus
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) and hind limbs (0.197 HLL/SVL, versus
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) and narrower feet (0.037 HFW/SVL, versus
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and
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and dark brown in
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA3E91F037EF8BFFD37F8E0" box="[623,741,1884,1909]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. tapanti</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA3E91F0337F82FFD4FF870" box="[550,669,1996,2021]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. tapanti</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA3E91F0490F82FFA4EF870" box="[1409,1436,1996,2021]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA3E91F0186FF74FEDAFF3A" bold="true" box="[151,264,151,175]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Morphological and morphometric comparison of species of
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; see Material and Methods section for explanation of abbreviations; SVL is given in mm. Comparative morphological data for species other than
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA3E91F0493FF5BFECEFF7A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
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are from Good &amp; Wake (1993), Campbell &amp; Smith (1998), McCranie et al. (1998), Ehmcke &amp; Clemen (2000), Wake &amp; Campbell (2000), Köhler (2002), McCranie &amp; Wilson (2002), Savage (2002).
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFA316E4027FFEB4FC34FE1C" box="[878,998,343,393]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">0.160</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFA316E402E9FEB4FBA2FE1C" box="[1016,1136,343,393]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">0.037</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFA316E40593FEB4FB28FE1C" box="[1154,1274,343,393]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">0.018</td>
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and
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). This new species is also well differentiated from all other species of
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based on mitochondrial sequence data (Table 3), and is 3.66.0% divergent on 16S and 10.2 15.1% divergent on
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from all other congeners.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA2E91E0186FC50FECBFC5E" bold="true" box="[151,281,947,971]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Dorsal and ventral aspects of the holotype of
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.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA2E91E0186F855FECBF85B" bold="true" box="[151,281,1974,1998]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Dorsal (
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) and lateral (
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) views of the head, and dorsal (
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) and ventral (
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) aspects of the right hind foot of
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.
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, showing the lack of separation or differentiation in the toes, and lack of subdigital pads.
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Description of
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.
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is known only from a single, presumably female (mental gland and cloacal papillae absent) specimen, preserved with its mouth open and tongue extended, and is a relatively small member of the genus (SVL=
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, total length=
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) with a slender body and reduced limbs. Its head is rounded and slightly broader than the body, and the nostrils are relatively large (NL/ SVL=0.018), and the snout is rounded and of moderate length (
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A, B). The nasolabial protuberances are apparent but not well developed, and barely extend below the upper lip line. The eyes are relatively large and protuberant, and the parotoid glands appear large but not well defined. The teeth are exceedingly small; there are approximately 26 maxillaries, 4 premaxillaries set slightly forward from the maxillary teeth, and 11 vomerines; vomerine teeth are arranged in two short medially-positioned arches. The limbs are short (CLL/ SVL=0.36), with the adpressed limbs being separated by approximately 5.5 costal grooves. The hands and feet are narrow and have poorly-developed, poorly-differentiated digits that are fused and lack subdigital pads (
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C, D). The free tips of digits III on the hands and III and IV on the feet are pointed, and digits I, II and IV on the hands and I, II, and V on the feet are very short and essentially completely fused, being demarcated by shallow grooves on the dorsal side of the feet. The relative length of the digits is I&lt;IV&lt;II&lt;III on the hands and V&lt;I&lt;II&lt;IV&lt;III on the feet. The tail is slightly shorter than the body (TL/SVL=0.91), with a slight basal constriction most apparent on the ventral side, and is slightly compressed laterally (tail depth 1.17 times tail width at level of basal constriction).
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Measurements of
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(in mm).
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SVL 26.9; AG 15.2; TW 3.6; HL 4.8; HW 3.9; TL 24.5; HLL 5.3; FLL 4.3; CLL 9.6; HFL 1.7; HFW 1.2; NL 0.5; eye length 1.6; eye width 1.2; interorbital distance 1.4; anterior rim of orbit to snout 1.1; distance separating internal nares 0.8; distance separating external nares 1.8; snout projection beyond mandible 0.6; tip of snout to axilla 7.7; distance from axilla to groin 15.2; snout to anterior edge of vent 24.9; tail depth at basal constriction 2.8; tail width at basal constriction 2.4.
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Coloration of
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.
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Dorsal surfaces of head, body, and tail medium grayish brown, with profuse pale chromatophores laterally, becoming less abundant dorsolaterally. The head has some pale mottling on the top of the snout, and two irregular lines of pale chromatophores extending from the lateral region above the forelimbs onto the posterior portion of the head and parotoid glands. There is a very thin, pale middorsal stripe, with a herringbone pattern with lines extending from the middorsal stripe posteriorly. There is an indistinct dark dorsolateral stripe starting about one-third the way down the trunk and extending onto the proximal one-third of the tail. Ventral surface of head, body, and tail cream, mottled with dark gray chromatophores, becoming somewhat more profuse toward the distal end of the tail.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C01D5FB14FE83FA84" bold="true" box="[196,337,1271,1297]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name “
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C0353FB1BFD1DFA84" box="[578,719,1272,1297]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">tomamorum</emphasis>
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” means “belonging to the Tomams.” Tomams are the highest level of deities recognized in the belief system of the indigenous Tolupan of
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, of which there are four: Tomam Pones Popawai (Grandfather Tomam), his wife Tomam Pones Namawai (mother of all that exists), and their children Tomam the Elder and Tomam the Younger (
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). This name is given in recognition that the Tolupan are the traditional inhabitants of this area and that this new species is known only from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, or “Name of God Mountains,” a name which, ironically, was given by 15th century Spanish explorers.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C01D5FA1EFE58F982" bold="true" box="[196,394,1533,1559]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Natural history.</emphasis>
The single known specimen of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C0213FA1EFBC2F983" box="[770,1040,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
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was collected during the daytime from leaf litter packed onto a rock ledge alongside a small creek at about
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elevation in the Lower Montane Wet Forest formation (
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). This species is presumably endemic to the vicinity of the
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locality, and is likely restricted to the Lower Montane Wet Forest around the neighboring peaks of Cerro San Francisco and Cerro Texiguat. The locality can be characterized as a narrow, steep-sided canyon with riparian forest, and more xeric upland pine-oak forest dominating the terrain above the canyon. The pine-oak forest transitions to mesic cloud forest (or remnant cloud forest) uphill from this locality. This species is sympatric with a congener,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C0005F8E0FE76F889" box="[276,420,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">N. barbouri</emphasis>
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, and three other plethodontids:
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,
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C0186F8CBFEB9F8D4" box="[151,363,1832,1857]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Oedipina gephyra</emphasis>
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. The canyon where the
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of
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was collected is also the
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locality of the hylid frog
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C0055F8AEFDFEF8F3" box="[324,556,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Isthmohyla insolita</emphasis>
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, and a known locality for the anurans
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C02EEF8AEFAD3F8F3" box="[1023,1281,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Lithobates maculatus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C0400F8AEFEEDF819" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Plectrohyla guatemalensis</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C006EF890FD58F819" box="[383,650,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Ptychohyla spinipollex</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C01D5F874FE04F824" bold="true" box="[196,470,1943,1969]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Conservation status.</emphasis>
Based on the criteria of the IUCN (2001),
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFA0E91C02E8F87BFAC8F824" box="[1017,1306,1944,1969]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
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should be classified as Critically Endangered (B1ab[iii]+2ab[iii]) due to the extremely limited extent of its known distribution and the direct threat to the remaining habitat around that locality. The primary threat to the
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and only known locality for this species is from illegal timber extraction and wholesale slash-and-burn clearing of forest for bean cultivation once it has been depleted of valuable hardwoods, such as mahogany (
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).
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130186FB7EFECCFB20" bold="true" box="[151,286,1181,1205]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Bayesian phylogram based on combined dataset of
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and 16S, showing phylogenetic hypothesis for
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130186FB5DFED5FB40" box="[151,263,1214,1237]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Nototriton</emphasis>
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and placement of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91300DEFB5DFDA2FB40" box="[463,624,1214,1237]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
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(bold) as a weakly support sister taxon to the
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130577FB5DFB37FB40" box="[1126,1253,1214,1237]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. barbouri</emphasis>
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group. Bayesian posterior probability values shown above and maximum likelihood bootstrap support values shown below branches; bootstrap values less than 50% are not shown.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91301D7FABEFDD6FAE2" bold="true" box="[198,516,1373,1399]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Systematic relationships.</emphasis>
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bears the strongest morphological resemblance to members of the
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130048FA62FE0CFA0F" box="[345,478,1409,1434]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. richardi</emphasis>
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group (
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), which are endemic to the central highlands of
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. The two species,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130027FA40FE6DFA29" box="[310,447,1443,1468]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. richardi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91300EDFA40FDAAFA29" box="[508,632,1443,1468]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. tapanti</emphasis>
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, are the most morphologically distinctive members of the genus, differing from all other
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91300BCFA25FDF5FA4A" box="[429,551,1478,1503]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Nototriton</emphasis>
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by having syndactylous feet, relatively large nostrils, and frontal processes of the premaxillary arising separately from the maxillary (
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Good &amp;
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1993
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;
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Papenfuss &amp;
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1987
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;
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). According to
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,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE913038DF9E8FCCEF9B1" box="[668,796,1547,1572]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. richardi</emphasis>
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is distributed from
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elevation along the Atlantic slope of the Cordillera Central, and
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91303B2F9CDFCCAF9D2" box="[675,792,1582,1607]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. tapanti</emphasis>
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at a single locality at
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elevation in the northern portion of the Cordillera de Talamanca. These localities are situated in the central montane spine of
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in Lower Central
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and are separated widely from the
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locality of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE913054BF990FADBF919" box="[1114,1289,1651,1676]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by over 670 airline km and much of the central highlands of
<collectingCountry id="46A8765FFFAFE91303C8F975FC9EF925" box="[729,844,1686,1712]" name="Honduras" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Honduras</collectingCountry>
and the lowland Nicaraguan Depression. Despite the morphological similarities between
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91303B0F95AFCB0F947" box="[673,866,1721,1746]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and members of the
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFAFE9130568F95AFAD9F947" box="[1145,1291,1721,1746]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="richardi">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130568F95AFAD9F947" box="[1145,1291,1721,1746]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. richardi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, our phylogenetic analysis (
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) does not support the inclusion of
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFAFE91302BFF938FBB7F961" box="[942,1125,1755,1780]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomamorum">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91302BFF938FBB7F961" box="[942,1125,1755,1780]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91305ADF938FA96F961" box="[1212,1348,1755,1780]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. richardi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of fragments from two mitochondrial genes (16S and
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91305B0F91DFB19F882" box="[1185,1227,1790,1815]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">cob</emphasis>
) weakly supports (posterior probability = 0.55, bootstrap support = 58%)
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFAFE913022FF8C2FC21F8AF" box="[830,1011,1825,1850]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomamorum">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE913022FF8C2FC21F8AF" box="[830,1011,1825,1850]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as sister taxon to the rest of the
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFAFE9130490F8C2FF2DF8C9" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barbouri">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130490F8C2FF2DF8C9" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. barbouri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (
<figureCitation id="A6842A4AFFAFE913004AF8A0FE76F8C8" box="[347,420,1859,1885]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,258,1181,1205]" captionTargetBox="[164,1415,357,1159]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[164,1424,343,1160]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Bayesian phylogram based on combined dataset of cob and 16 S, showing phylogenetic hypothesis for Nototriton and placement of N. tomamorum (bold) as a weakly support sister taxon to the N. barbouri group. Bayesian posterior probability values shown above and maximum likelihood bootstrap support values shown below branches; bootstrap values less than 50 % are not shown." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/194773/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). We also recovered
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFAFE9130388F8A0FCC9F8C9" box="[665,795,1859,1884]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="richardi">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130388F8A0FCC9F8C9" box="[665,795,1859,1884]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. richardi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the weakly supported sister (posterior probability = 0.58, bootstrap support = 59%) to the
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFAFE9130361F885FD23F8EA" box="[624,753,1894,1919]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="picadoi">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130361F885FD23F8EA" box="[624,753,1894,1919]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. picadoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, a finding consistent with previous phylogenetic hypotheses for
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130058F86BFE11F834" box="[329,451,1928,1953]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Nototriton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE91300EAF86BFDA9F834" box="[507,635,1928,1953]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">N. richardi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="5A2E4B3EFFAFE9130398F86BFC1BF837" author="Garcia-Paris" box="[649,969,1928,1954]" pageId="8" pageNumber="14" refString="Garcia-Paris, M. &amp; Wake, D. B. (2000) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of relationships of the tropical salamander genera Oedipina and Nototriton, with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Copeia, 2000, 42 - 70." type="journal article" year="2000">
García-París &amp;
<collectingCountry id="46A8765FFFAFE9130253F86BFC56F837" box="[834,900,1928,1954]" name="Wake Island" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Wake</collectingCountry>
2000
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="5A2E4B3EFFAFE91302C5F86BFB71F837" author="Wiens" box="[980,1187,1928,1954]" pageId="8" pageNumber="16" refString="Wiens, J. J., Parra-Olea, G., Garcia-Paris, M. &amp; Wake, D. B. (2007) Phylogenetic history underlies elevational biodiversity patterns in tropical salamanders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 274, 919 - 928." type="journal article" year="2007">
Wiens
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130534F86BFB8DF834" box="[1061,1119,1928,1953]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
2007
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="5A2E4B3EFFAFE91305BEF86BFA5AF837" author="Adams" box="[1199,1416,1928,1954]" pageId="8" pageNumber="14" refString="Adams, D. C., Berns, C. M., Kozak, K. H. &amp; Wiens, J. J. (2009) Are rates of species diversification correlated with rates of morphological evolution? Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276, 2729 - 2738." type="journal article" year="2009">
Adams
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAFE9130418F86BFA91F834" box="[1289,1347,1928,1953]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
2009
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFAEE9120186F86AFCA9F855" blockId="9.[151,1436,1929,1984]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAEE9120186F86AFECEF834" bold="true" box="[151,284,1929,1953]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Riparian habitat at type locality of
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFAEE91203B2F86AFC2DF835" box="[675,1023,1929,1952]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomamorum">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFAEE91203B2F86AFC4FF835" box="[675,925,1929,1952]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
, 1550 m
</taxonomicName>
elevation; the holotype was collected from a leaf litter pack in a rock wall along the margins of this stream.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFADE9110186FBAFFF2BFAB6" blockId="10.[151,1437,1100,1315]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110186FBAFFE91FBF1" bold="true" box="[151,323,1100,1124]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">FIGURE 6. A.</emphasis>
Deforestation in the core zone of RVS Texiguat, 1710 m elevation; recently planted beans in the foreground, with rapidly progressing land clearing visible on the far ridges in the highest part of the reserve;
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE911040FFB8FFAE4FB11" bold="true" box="[1310,1334,1132,1156]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">B.</emphasis>
Recently cut mahogany logs at the end of the road accessing the vicinity of the type locality of
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE911053DFB6FFAF6FB36" box="[1068,1316,1164,1187]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomamorum">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE911053DFB6FFAF6FB36" box="[1068,1316,1164,1187]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; these logs were exposed the day we arrived and were partially covered up the second day our team was in the area in an attempt to conceal them.
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110023FB2FFE9EFB71" bold="true" box="[306,332,1228,1252]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C.</emphasis>
Recent deforestation less than 1 km upstream from the type locality of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE911055EFB2FFA94FB76" box="[1103,1350,1228,1251]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the endemic treefrog
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE9110045FB0FFDF0FA96" box="[340,546,1260,1283]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Isthmohyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insolita">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110045FB0FFDF0FA96" box="[340,546,1260,1283]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Isthmohyla insolita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; two of our co-workers are pictured in the lower-central portion of the photograph for scale.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFADE91101D7FAB1FEDBF974" blockId="10.[151,1437,1362,2022]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Sequence data from the
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of
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE9110395FAB1FC45FAFE" box="[644,919,1362,1387]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomamorum">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110395FAB1FC45FAFE" box="[644,919,1362,1387]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are at least 12.5% (16S) and 20.6% (
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110479FAB1FA40FAFE" box="[1384,1426,1362,1387]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cob</emphasis>
) divergent from representatives of morphologically-similar genera of Central American plethodontids (
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE91101B0FA7FFEE7FA20" box="[161,309,1436,1461]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Cryptotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE91101B0FA7FFEE7FA20" box="[161,309,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Cryptotriton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE9110055FA7FFE0DFA20" box="[324,479,1436,1461]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Dendrotriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110055FA7FFE0DFA20" box="[324,479,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Dendrotriton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE9110333FA7FFD42FA20" box="[546,656,1436,1461]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Oedipina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110333FA7FFD42FA20" box="[546,656,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Oedipina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), but less than 6.0% (16S) and 15.1% (
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110578FA7FFB46FA20" box="[1129,1172,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cob</emphasis>
) divergent from other species of
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE911000AFA21FE49FA4E" box="[283,411,1474,1499]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE911000AFA21FE49FA4E" box="[283,411,1474,1499]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Nototriton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, supporting placement of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE91103F0FA21FC4BFA4E" box="[737,921,1474,1499]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in this genus (Table 3). Within the genus
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110186FA04FEC3F995" box="[151,273,1511,1536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Nototriton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species demonstrates differing patterns of sequence divergence on the two genes sampled. For 16S,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110018F9EFFE6DF9B0" box="[265,447,1548,1573]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closest to
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE9110371F9EFFCE8F9B0" box="[608,826,1548,1573]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="limnospectator">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110371F9EFFCE8F9B0" box="[608,826,1548,1573]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. limnospectator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3.63.8%), a biogeographically-logical situation given the relative geographical proximity of RVS Texiguat to the
<typeStatus id="E104886DFFADE91102F5F9D1FBC9F9D9" box="[996,1051,1586,1612]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">type</typeStatus>
locality of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE91105A0F9D1FA46F9DE" box="[1201,1428,1586,1611]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. limnospectator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, approximately 100 airline km to the WSW in Parque Nacional Montaña de Santa Bárbara; however
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE9110491F9B4FEF7F900" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomamorum">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110491F9B4FEF7F900" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is 12.4% divergent from
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE9110341F99FFCF1F900" box="[592,803,1660,1685]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="limnospectator">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110341F99FFCF1F900" box="[592,803,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. limnospectator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110245F99FFCACF900" box="[852,894,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">cob</emphasis>
, and for that gene is closer to the Costa Rican species
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE91101E4F941FE77F92E" box="[245,421,1698,1723]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="abscondens">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE91101E4F941FE77F92E" box="[245,421,1698,1723]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. abscondens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(10.2%) and
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE911035BF941FD11F92E" box="[586,707,1698,1723]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gamezi">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE911035BF941FD11F92E" box="[586,707,1698,1723]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. gamezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(11.5%) than to any other member of the
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE91105D1F941FA9CF92E" box="[1216,1358,1698,1723]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barbouri">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE91105D1F941FA9CF92E" box="[1216,1358,1698,1723]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. barbouri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (Table 3).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFADE91101D5F90FFCC3F8C4" blockId="10.[151,1437,1362,2022]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
Given the morphological differentiation and lack of strong phylogenetic support, we refrain from assigning
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFADE9110002F8F1FE18F8BE" box="[275,458,1810,1835]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomamorum">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110002F8F1FE18F8BE" box="[275,458,1810,1835]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to any recognized species group pending acquisition and analysis of additional molecular data from mitochondrial and nuclear genes.
</paragraph>
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Our phylogenetic analyses included taxa and populations of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110287F8BFFBC0F8E0" box="[918,1042,1884,1909]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Nototriton</emphasis>
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not available in previous studies (
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García-París &amp;
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2000
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;
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Wiens
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2007
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), including a sample from the vicinity of the
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locality of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110490F861FED0F855" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. barbouri</emphasis>
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(“Portillo Grande, Yoro,
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” [
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]). Inclusion of these data reveals the taxon
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFADE9110490F844FED2F870" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">N. barbouri</emphasis>
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to be paraphyletic (
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), with strong support for
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N. barbouri
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stricto
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as the sister species of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE9100186FF7BFEA4FF24" box="[151,374,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">N. limnospectator</emphasis>
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and for the remaining populations assigned to
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE91002D5FF7BFB85FF24" box="[964,1111,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">N. barbouri</emphasis>
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(
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sp. in
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) from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios to be sister to
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE9100391FF5EFD24FF43" box="[640,758,189,214]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">N. brodiei</emphasis>
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from NE
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and NW
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. We are currently preparing an intergrative systematic revision of the
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE9100251FF01FC08FF6E" box="[832,986,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">N. barbouri</emphasis>
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group that will use molecular and morphological analyses to resolve the taxonomic status of populations assigned to
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE9100571FEEBFB38FEB4" box="[1120,1258,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">N. barbouri</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE9100186FEB1FED6FEF2" bold="true" box="[151,260,338,359]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">TABLE 4.</emphasis>
Summary of conservation priority amphibian and reptiles from Reserva de Vida Silvestre Texiguat; distribution is characterized as Endemic (restricted to Honduras), NCA (restricted to Nuclear Central America), or Widespread (range extending outside of NCA); IUCN Red List status abbreviations are CR (Critically Endangered), EN (Endangered), VU (Vulnerable); methods for calculating Environmental Vulnerability Score are detailed in the Materials and Methods section.
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FE39FE6BFE64" box="[151,441,474,497]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Taxa</th>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFE39FA4EFE64" box="[795,1436,474,497]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">IUCN Red List Status Environmental Vulnerability Score</th>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FDE6FE6BFD89" box="[151,441,517,540]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFDD3FEA1FDE4" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FDD3FD0BFDE4" box="[600,729,560,625]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic Endemic</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFDD3FA4EFDE4" box="[795,1436,560,625]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">EN 15 EN 15</td>
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<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFD66FE47FD09" box="[159,405,645,668]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Nototriton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomamorum">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFD66FE47FD09" box="[159,405,645,668]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FD66FD0BFD09" box="[600,729,645,668]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFD66FA4EFD09" box="[795,1436,645,668]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">CR 17</td>
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<tr id="808F348DFFAC16E40186FD53FA4EFD64" box="[151,1436,688,753]" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FD53FE6BFD64" box="[151,441,688,753]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFD53FEB2FD52" box="[159,352,688,711]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Oedipina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gephyra">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFD53FEB2FD52" box="[159,352,688,711]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Oedipina gephyra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFD39FF30FD64" box="[159,226,730,753]" class="Amphibia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="order">Anura</taxonomicName>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FD53FD0BFD64" box="[600,729,688,753]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFD53FA4EFD64" box="[795,1436,688,753]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">EN 16</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FCE6FE6BFC89" box="[151,441,773,796]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFCE6FE48FC89" box="[159,410,773,796]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Craugastor aurilegulus</emphasis>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FCE6FD0BFC89" box="[600,729,773,796]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFCE6FA4EFC89" box="[795,1436,773,796]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">EN 14</td>
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFCD3FE47FCE4" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFCD3FE59FCD2" box="[159,395,816,839]" class="Amphibia" family="Craugastoridae" genus="Craugastor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saltuarius">Craugastor saltuarius</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFCB9FE47FCE4" box="[159,405,858,881]" class="Amphibia" family="Craugastoridae" genus="Craugastor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stadelmani">Craugastor stadelmani</taxonomicName>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FCD3FD0BFCE4" box="[600,729,816,881]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic Endemic</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFCD3FA4EFCE4" box="[795,1436,816,881]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">CR 16 CR 15</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FC66FE6BFC09" box="[151,441,901,924]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFC66FE62FC09" box="[159,432,901,924]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Duellmanohyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="salvavida">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFC66FE62FC09" box="[159,432,901,924]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Duellmanohyla salvavida</emphasis>
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</th>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FC66FD0BFC09" box="[600,729,901,924]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFC66FA4EFC09" box="[795,1436,901,924]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">CR 12</td>
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<tr id="808F348DFFAC16E40186FC53FA4EFC64" box="[151,1436,944,1009]" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FC53FE6BFC64" box="[151,441,944,1009]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFC53FEB7FC64" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFC53FF3DFC64" authority="Incilius" authorityName="Incilius" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Isthmohyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insolita">Isthmohyla insolita Incilius</taxonomicName>
leucomyos
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FC53FD0BFC64" box="[600,729,944,1009]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic Endemic</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFC53FA4EFC64" box="[795,1436,944,1009]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">CR 16 EN 11</td>
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<tr id="808F348DFFAC16E40186FBE6FA4EFB89" box="[151,1436,1029,1052]" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FBE6FE6BFB89" box="[151,441,1029,1052]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFBE6FE6BFB89" box="[159,441,1029,1052]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Plectrohyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFBE6FE6BFB89" box="[159,441,1029,1052]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Plectrohyla guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FBE6FD0BFB89" box="[600,729,1029,1052]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">NCA</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFBE6FA4EFB89" box="[795,1436,1029,1052]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">CR 9</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FBD3FE6BFBE4" box="[151,441,1072,1137]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFBD3FE40FBD2" box="[159,402,1072,1095]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Ptychohyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinipollex">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFBD3FE40FBD2" box="[159,402,1072,1095]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ptychohyla spinipollex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</th>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFBD3FA4EFBE4" box="[795,1436,1072,1137]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">EN 11</td>
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFB66FEE3FB09" box="[159,305,1157,1180]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Anolis kreutzi</emphasis>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FB66FD0BFB09" box="[600,729,1157,1180]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic</td>
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFB53FE9DFB64" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFB39FE9DFB64" box="[159,335,1242,1265]" class="Reptilia" family="Dactyloidae" genus="Anolis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yoroensis">Anolis yoroensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FB53FD0BFB64" box="[600,729,1200,1265]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic Endemic</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FAE6FE6BFA89" box="[151,441,1285,1308]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFAE6FEB9FA89" box="[159,363,1285,1308]" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Bothriechis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marchi">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFAE6FEB9FA89" box="[159,363,1285,1308]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Bothriechis marchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FAE6FD0BFA89" box="[600,729,1285,1308]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FAD3FE6BFAE4" box="[151,441,1328,1393]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFAD3FE41FAE4" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FAD3FD0BFAE4" box="[600,729,1328,1393]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic Widespread</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FA66FE6BFA09" box="[151,441,1413,1436]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFA66FE41FA09" box="[159,403,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Drymobius chloroticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349FA66FD0BFA09" box="[600,729,1413,1436]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Widespread</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AFA66FA4EFA09" box="[795,1436,1413,1436]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">VU 11</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186FA53FE6BFA64" box="[151,441,1456,1521]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EFA53FE5CFA64" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EFA53FEE0FA64" authority="Mastigodryas" authorityName="Mastigodryas" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Geophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="damiani">Geophis damiani Mastigodryas</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186F9E6FE6BF989" box="[151,441,1541,1564]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EF9E6FEB7F989" box="[159,357,1541,1564]" class="Insecta" family="Thyrididae" genus="Ninia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pavimentata">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EF9E6FEB7F989" box="[159,357,1541,1564]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ninia pavimentata</emphasis>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349F9E6FD0BF989" box="[600,729,1541,1564]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">NCA</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AF9E6FA4EF989" box="[795,1436,1541,1564]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">EN 12</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186F9D3FE6BF9E4" box="[151,441,1584,1649]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EF9D3FEA4F9E4" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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</th>
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<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AF9D3FA4EF9E4" box="[795,1436,1584,1649]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">CR 14 VU 9</td>
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<tr id="808F348DFFAC16E40186F966FA4EF909" box="[151,1436,1669,1692]" gridrow="19" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186F966FE6BF909" box="[151,441,1669,1692]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFACE910018EF966FEA7F909" box="[159,373,1669,1692]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Rhadinaea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kinkelini">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EF966FEA7F909" box="[159,373,1669,1692]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Rhadinaea kinkelini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349F966FD0BF909" box="[600,729,1669,1692]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">NCA</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AF966FA4EF909" box="[795,1436,1669,1692]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">VU 12</td>
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<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186F953FE6BF964" box="[151,441,1712,1777]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFACE910018EF953FE75F964" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">
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incertus
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</th>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40349F953FD0BF964" box="[600,729,1712,1777]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Endemic NCA</td>
<td id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E4020AF953FA4EF964" box="[795,1436,1712,1777]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">EN 15 VU 12</td>
</tr>
<tr id="808F348DFFAC16E40186F8B9FA4EF8E1" box="[151,1436,1882,1908]" gridrow="21" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="C35E5DF1FFAC16E40186F8B9FE6BF8E1" box="[151,441,1882,1908]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Discussion</th>
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</paragraph>
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The herpetofauna of the RVS Texiguat is characterized by a remarkable degree of endemism (
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;
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). Currently, 39 species are known from
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in elevation and above in this refuge. Of this number, 27 are considered to be conservation priority species (
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), defined as those species judged to occupy one of three IUCN categories Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable. Nine of the 27 are considered Critically Endangered, 12 are Endangered, and six are Vulnerable; 19 (70.4%) of these species (four salamanders, seven anurans, four lizards, and four snakes) are endemic to
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(
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). Of the remainder, six are endemic to Nuclear Central
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and two have widespread distributions.
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indicated by Townsend &amp; Wilson (In press), 91 species of amphibians and reptiles are endemic to
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, thus the Texiguat figure is 20.9% of the total. Therefore, RVS Texiguat qualifies as a
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center of endemism in
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, as well as in the whole of eastern Nuclear Central
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(as defined by
<bibRefCitation id="5A2E4B3EFFABE917000DFE21FE0FFE49" author="Campbell" box="[284,477,450,476]" pageId="12" pageNumber="14" refString="Campbell, J. A. (1999) Distribution patterns of amphibians in Middle America. In: Duellman, W. E. (Ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: a global perspective. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 111 - 210." type="book chapter" year="1999">Campbell, 1999</bibRefCitation>
). The Environmental Vulnerability Scores, as tabulated by Townsend and Wilson (in press) and indicated in
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, indicate that the values for the Texiguat conservation priority species range from 9 to 17. Most of these species involved (16) are considered high vulnerability species (59.3%), nine (33.3%) are medium vulnerability species, and only two (7.4%) have scores lying at the upper end of the range for low vulnerability species (
<tableCitation id="733D0374FFABE9170340FDBBFD62FDE7" box="[593,688,600,626]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,234,338,359]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,474,1908]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="TABLE 4. Summary of conservation priority amphibian and reptiles from Reserva de Vida Silvestre Texiguat; distribution is characterized as Endemic (restricted to Honduras), NCA (restricted to Nuclear Central America), or Widespread (range extending outside of NCA); IUCN Red List status abbreviations are CR (Critically Endangered), EN (Endangered), VU (Vulnerable); methods for calculating Environmental Vulnerability Score are detailed in the Materials and Methods section." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/6AC06647FFACE9100186FEB1FB8EFE2A" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" tableUuid="6AC06647FFACE9100186FEB1FB8EFE2A">Table 4</tableCitation>
). In summary, of the 27 species judged to be of conservation priority, 19 are endemic to
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and 16 are of high vulnerability. Based on the analysis above, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texiguat is an area of immense importance for the conservation of the
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herpetofauna, especially its endemic component.
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Unfortunately, little attention has been paid to RVS Texiguat by conservation authorities past its initial designation as a protected area in 1987 (
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Wilson
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2001
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). Since 1991, ten species (including the present one) with
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localities in the area have been described:
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170272FCDBFBDFFCC4" box="[867,1037,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Anolis kreutzi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE917050CFCDBFB3EFCC4" box="[1053,1260,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. purpurgularis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE91705EDFCDBFA47FCC4" box="[1276,1429,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. yoroensis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170186FCBEFE5CFCE3" box="[151,398,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Celestus scansorius</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE917008FFCBEFDA1FCE3" box="[414,627,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Geophis damiani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170395FCBEFCA6FCE3" box="[644,884,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Isthmohyla insolita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170295FCBEFB71FCE3" box="[900,1187,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE91705A5FCBEFA46FCE3" box="[1204,1428,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Oedipina gephyra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFABE9170186FC61FE30FC0E" box="[151,482,898,923]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Omoadiphas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="texiguatensis">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170186FC61FE30FC0E" box="[151,482,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Omoadiphas texiguatensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170338FC61FC98FC0E" box="[553,842,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Rhadinaea tolpanorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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McCranie
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1993a
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,
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; Wilson
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1998;
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). Given the pattern of these finds, we expect that additional new taxa remain to be described from RVS Texiguat. During this period, significant environmental damage has been observed, most of it apparently as a consequence of the illegal extraction of mahogany and the subsequent conversion of the remaining forest to cropland for use in subsistence agriculture (
<figureCitation id="A6842A4AFFABE91702A9FBFBFBD3FBA7" box="[952,1025,1048,1074]" captionStart="FIGURE 6. A" captionStartId="10.[151,259,1100,1124]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,194,1078]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1078]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. A. Deforestation in the core zone of RVS Texiguat, 1710 m elevation; recently planted beans in the foreground, with rapidly progressing land clearing visible on the far ridges in the highest part of the reserve; B. Recently cut mahogany logs at the end of the road accessing the vicinity of the type locality of Nototriton tomamorum; these logs were exposed the day we arrived and were partially covered up the second day our team was in the area in an attempt to conceal them. C. Recent deforestation less than 1 km upstream from the type locality of Nototriton tomamorum and the endemic treefrog Isthmohyla insolita; two of our co-workers are pictured in the lower-central portion of the photograph for scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/194775/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). Most recently during our visit in
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, we observed that a large stretch of forest upstream from the
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locality of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170406FBDEFEF7FBE9" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE917004DFB80FDEFFBE9" box="[348,573,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Isthmohyla insolita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had been clear-cut down to the streamside and planted to beans (
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C).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFABE91701D5FB6BFBA0FA32" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,1634]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Damage to the forests in this refuge also has occurred by natural means. The stream that constitutes the
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locality of
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170042FB4EFDB7FB53" box="[339,613,1197,1222]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Nototriton tomamorum</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE91703B1FB4EFC56FB53" box="[672,900,1197,1222]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Isthmohyla insolita</emphasis>
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(
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) was severely damaged by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. At that time, the habitat supporting
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170204FB30FC5FFB79" box="[789,909,1235,1260]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">I. insolita</emphasis>
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was scoured by high waters in the narrow canyon. The moss masses clinging to the branches of small trees overhanging the stream, within which the adults laid their eggs, were stripped away. Our trip in 2008 evidenced that the moss has yet to be reestablished as we found it in 1991 when
<taxonomicName id="F9BF4D4CFFABE91700E1FAA0FDB3FAC9" box="[496,609,1347,1372]" class="Amphibia" family="Hylidae" genus="Isthmohyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="insolita">
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE91700E1FAA0FDB3FAC9" box="[496,609,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">I. insolita</emphasis>
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was discovered. Whether the reestablishment of these conditions will occur is doubtful.
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<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE917007CFA8BFD9CFA14" box="[365,590,1384,1409]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Isthmohyla insolita</emphasis>
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has been located in one or two nearby streams (
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), but the same anthropogenic activities detailed above also are occurring there.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFABE91701D5FA51FB0AF9F7" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,1634]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">It is apparent that the natural habitat of this hotspot for herpetofaunal endemism will continue to succumb to the forces of habitat destruction unless steps are taken to protect it. Therefore, we use this opportunity not only to describe yet another endemic species from this reserve, but to attempt to raise RVS Texiguats international profile and issue an urgent call for its conservation. We offer the following recommendations, and emphasize the need for immediate and sustained action to prevent further loss of habitat:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFABE9170186F969FC3DF8CA" blockId="12.[151,1437,1674,2036]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Carry out intensive reconnaissance of RVS Texiguat on the Caribbean side of Cerro Texiguat and Cerro San Francisco, to search for and identify previously unknown areas supporting populations of conservation priority species. The majority of work in RVS Texiguat has taken place in the vicinity of La
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, which is accessed by means of a logging road established sometime before 1991. The Caribbean slope of RVS Texiguat remains virtually unexplored and has no known access routes, and so exploratory work is needed immediately to determine if this areas supports target species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFABE9170186F889FC1EF861" blockId="12.[151,1437,1674,2036]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Establish a habitat and species monitoring program led by
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biologists and local
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE91705CAF888FA4FF811" box="[1243,1437,1899,1924]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">guardarecursos.</emphasis>
This program has been initiated in cooperation with PROLANSATE (the organization tasked with managing RVS Texiguat). Initial plans are to hire six
<emphasis id="0CCBEADDFFABE9170225F856FC39F85B" box="[820,1003,1973,1998]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">guardarecursos</emphasis>
in early 2010 and begin training and capacity building for development of long-term monitoring teams.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFAAE9160186FF7BFCD8FE07" blockId="13.[151,1436,152,588]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
Identify means of mitigating illegal logging and subsequent habitat destruction on the southern side of the RVS Texiguat. The extraction of high-value hardwoods from RVS Texiguat by way of the drier southern side of the mountain is well established and obviously influences the local economy; the subsequent clearing of relatively large plots of forest for cultivation of beans appears to be the work of relatively few individuals. While legal action against these actors is unlikely, identification of the most influential of these stakeholders and initiation of a dialogue with them is the first step toward mitigating the destruction of remaining habitat in the vicinity of La
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFAAE9160186FE7EFB43FDD9" blockId="13.[151,1436,152,588]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Initiate public outreach and environmental education projects in buffer zone communities. Awareness of the unique nature and value of the biodiversity RVS Texiguat, or even the very existence of the reserve as a legal entity, is virtually non-existent. Any scientific-based conservation efforts need to be supported by efforts to empower local actors through education and capacity building, in an attempt to engender a local desire to conserve the natural resources of RVS Texiguat for the foreseeable future.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E0036CFFFAAE91601D7FD9EFAFBFD77" blockId="13.[151,1436,637,738]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">If these steps are not taken, it is likely that this significant center of herpetofaunal endemism will succumb to the pressures of severe, and largely unnecessary, environmental degradation. Given that fully one-fifth of Honduras endemic herpetofauna occurs in RVS Texiguat, this simply cannot be allowed to happen.</paragraph>
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