[6] The type locality is "Valle de Bao, 1800 m, Cordillera Central (road to Pico Duarte), Santiago Province, República Dominicana".

[7] The specific epithet, marcanoi, is in honor of the Dominican botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, speleologist and researcher Eugenio de Jesús Marcano Fondeur.

[6] A small species of Panolopus (maximum snout-vent length: 78 mm), with relatively long limbs, and with smooth (without keels) dorsal scales.

[5] This species is endemic to Valle de Bao, a relatively small valley located on the northern slope of the Cordillera Central.

Although the distribution of C. marcanoi is very restricted (with an estimated range of less than 120 km2), it is known to occur in a well protected area (Armando Bermudez National Park), and no threats have been identified to the present date.