Oedipina altura

Taxonavigation

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: Oedipina
Subgenus: Oedipina (Oedipina)
Species: Oedipina altura

Name

Oedipina altura Brame, 1968

Type locality: "200 yards north of El Empalme, on the Pan American Highway south of Cartago in the northern end of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Canton de Dota [in error, Cantón de El Guarco], Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica, at 2286 m (7500 ft) elevation".

Holotype: LACM 1739.

Synonyms

• Oedipina altura Brame, 1968
• Oedipina (Oedipina) altura — García-París & Wake, 2000

References

• Brame, 1968, J. Herpetol., 2: 28.
• García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 60.
• 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. Oedipina altura
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Oedipina altura. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Oedipina altura  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cartago Worm Salamander