Nototriton (Nototriton) guanacaste Good & Wake, 1993

Guanacaste moss salamander

Nototriton guanacaste Good & Wake (1993: 138) .

Nototriton (Nototriton) guanacaste: Dubois & Raffaëlli (2012: 141) .

Holotype. MVZ 207111, by original designation, an adult male from Costa Rica: Provincia de Guanacaste: Cantón de Liberia: Distrito de Mayorga: Guanacaste National Park: upper slopes of the Cacao Volcano, 1580 m a.s.l., collected by D. C. Cannattela and D. A. Good on 24 August 1987 (Good & Wake 1993).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and was chosen in celebration of establishment of Guanacaste National Park, where this species is known to be restricted (Good & Wake 1993).

Distribution. Nototriton guanacaste is currently only known to inhabit two small patches of cloud forest within Guanacaste National Park, both located on the upper slopes of the Orosi and Cacao volcanoes between roughly 1400–1650 masl (Savage 2002).