Bolitoglossa tenebrosa

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
Subgenus: Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita)
Species: Bolitoglossa tenebrosa

Name

Bolitoglossa tenebrosa Vásquez-Almazán & Rovito, 2014: 519

• Holotype: MVZ 108854, adult ♀, collected by Lynne D. Houck, James F. Lynch, and David B. Wake on 21 August 1972.
• Type locality: “Rta. Nacional 5, ca. 3 mi S (by road) of Purulhá, Municipio Purulhá, Departamento Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, 1,650–1,675 m elevation, approximately 15°12′58″ N, 90°12′49″ W, WGS84 datum”.

References

Primary references

• Vásquez-Almazán, C.R. & Rovito, S.M. 2014. A new species of black Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Guatemala. Journal of Herpetology 48(4): 518–524. DOI: 10.1670/13-170 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Bolitoglossa tenebrosa  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T77347483A154351389. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T77347483A154351389.en. Accessed on 26 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Guatemalan Black Salamander