Bolitoglossa

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: Bolitoglossa
Species group (subgenus) Bolitoglossa: B. alberchi – B. flaviventris – B. jacksoni – B. lignicolor – B. mexicana – B. mombachoensis – B. mulleri – B. odonnelli – B. platydactyla – B. salvinii – B. striatula

Species group (subgenus) Eladinea: B. adspersa – B. altamazonica – B. anthracina – B. aurae – B. awajun – B. biseriata – B. borburata – B. bramei – B. capitana – B. cerroensis – B. chica – B. colonnea – B. compacta – B. copia – B. cuna – B. digitigrada – B. diminuta – B. epimela – B. equatoriana – B. gomezi – B. gracilis – B. guaramacalensis – B. hiemalis – B. hypacra – B. lozanoi – B. marmorea – B. medemi – B. minutula – B. muisca –B. nicefori – B. nigrescens – B. omniumsanctorum – B. orestes – B. palmata – B. pandi – B. paraensis – B. peruviana – B. pesrubra – B. phalarosoma – B. pygmaea – B. ramosi – B. robinsoni – B. robusta – B. savagei – B. schizodactyla – B. silverstonei – B. sima – B. sooyorum – B. subpalmata – B. taylori – B. tica – B. vallecula – B. walkeri

Species group (subgenus) Magnadigita: B. carri – B. cataguana – B. celaque – B. centenorum – B. conanti – B. copinhorum – B. cuchumatana – B. daryorum – B. decora – B. diaphora – B. dunni – B. engelhardti – B. eremia – B. flavimembris – B. franklini – B. heiroreias – B. helmrichi – B. huehuetenanguensis – B. kaqchikelorum – B. la – B. lincolni – B. longissima – B. meliana – B. morio – B. ninadormida – B. nussbaumi – B. nympha – B. pacaya – B. porrasorum – B. psephena – B. rostrata – B. suchitanensis – B. synoria – B. tzultacaj – B. zacapensis

Species group (subgenus) Mayamandra: B. hartwegi – B. stuarti – B. xibalba – B. veracrucis

Species group (subgenus) Nanotriton: B. chinanteca – B. occidentalis – B. rufescens

Species group (subgenus) Oaxakia: B. hermosa – B. macrinii – B. oaxacensis – B. riletti – B. zapoteca

Species group (subgenus) Pachymandra: B. alvaradoi – B. dofleini

Species group (subgenus) Incertae Sedis: B. leandrae – B. magnifica – B. obscura – B. oresbia – B. sombra – B. tamaense – B. tatamae – B. yucatana

Add (1): B. chucantiensis

Name

Bolitoglossa Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Type species: Bolitoglossa mexicana Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Synonyms

Oedipus Tschudi, 1838
Bolitoglossa Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Eladinea Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937
Magnadigita Taylor, 1944
Palmatotriton Smith, 1945
Nanotriton Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004
Nanotriton Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004
Oaxakia Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004
Pachymandra Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004
Mayamandra Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

Primary references

Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 88.

Additional references

Fermín, G., García-Gutiérrez, J., Escalona, M., Mora, A. & Díaz, A. 2012. Molecular taxonomic reassessment of the Cloud Forest’s Bolitoglossa salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Cordillera de Mérida (Mérida state, Venezuela). Zootaxa 3356: 47–56. Preview Reference page.
Acevedo, A.A., Wake, D.B., Márquez, R., Silva, K., Franco, R. & Amézquita, A. 2013. Two new species of salamanders, genus Bolitoglossa (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from the eastern Colombian Andes. Zootaxa 3609(1): 69–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.1.5 Reference page.
Brcko, I.C., Hoogmoed, M.S. & Neckel-Oliveira, S. 2013. Taxonomy and distribution of the salamander genus Bolitoglossa Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae) in Brazilian Amazonia. Zootaxa 3686(4): 401–431. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.4.1 Reference page.
García-Gutiérrez, J., Escalona, M., Mora, A., Díaz de Pascual, A. & Fermin, G. 2013. A new species of salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae, Bolitoglossa) from Sierra Nevada de Mérida, Venezuela. Zootaxa 3620(1): 179–191. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.1.9 Reference page.
Hertz, A., Lotzkat, S. & Köhler, G. 2013. A new species of Bolitoglossa (Caudata, Plethodontidae) from the continental divide of western Panama. Zootaxa 3636(3): 463–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.5 Reference page.
Batista, A. et al. 2014: A new species of Bolitoglossa (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from eastern Panama, with comments on other members of the adspersa species group from eastern Panama. Mesoamerican herpetology, 1(1): 97–121. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Kubicki, B. & Arias, E. 2016. A beautiful new yellow salamander, genus Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from the northeastern slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Zootaxa 4184(2): 329–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.5. Reference page.
López-Perilla, Y.R., Fernández-Roldán, J.D., Meza-Joya, F.L. & Medina-Rangel, G.F. 2023. A new Bolitoglossa (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae) from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia. Zookeys 1158: 27–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1158.99077 Reference page.

Links

Amphibian Species of the World 5.2 Bolitoglossa access date 29 July 2008

Vernacular names

English: Tropical climbing salamanders