Bolitoglossa diaphora

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species: Bolitoglossa diaphora

Name edit

Bolitoglossa diaphora McCranie & Wilson, 1995

Type locality: "above the visitors center of Parque Nacional El Cusuco, Cerro Cusuco (15° 31´ N, 88° 12´ W), 5.6 km WSW Buenos Aires, 1550 m elevation, Sierra de Omoa, Departamento de Cortés, Honduras".

Holotype: MVZ 221178.

Synonyms edit

Bolitoglossa diaphora McCranie & Wilson, 1995
Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) diaphora — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References edit

McCranie and Wilson, 1995, J. Herpetol., 29: 448.
Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Bolitoglossa diaphora
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa diaphora. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa diaphora (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 29 July 2008.

Vernacular names edit

English: El Cusuco Mushroom-tongue Salamander