Bradytriton silus Wake and Elias, 1983:4
Finca Chiblac salamander
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last Record: 1976 (July 1977?)
Rediscovered in 2009
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
eastern slopes of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, extreme north-western Guatemala
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wake, D.B. and Elias, P. (1983). New genera and a new species of Central American salamanders, with a review of the tropical genera (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 345: 1-19.
Other references:
Manuel Acevedo, David Wake, Paul Elias, Sean Rovito, Carlos Vasquez, Ted Papenfuss, Paul Elias. (2004). Bradytriton silus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 12 February 2013.
Elias, P. (1984). Salamanders of the northwestern highlands of Guatemala. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 348: 1-20.
Papenfuss, Theodore J. et al. (2010). Rediscovery of the Endangered and Critically Endangered endemic Guatemalan salamanders. FrogLog 93: 1-4.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
https://www.rainforesttrust.org/news/salamanders-lost-salamanders-found-salamanders-saved/
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/13219/bradytriton-silus