Bolitoglossa gracilis

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: Bolitoglossa gracilis

Name

Bolitoglossa gracilis Bolaños, Robinson & Wake, 1987

Type locality: "Río Quirí, about 1 km NE by road from the bridge crossing the Río Grande de Orosi near Tapantí, Cartago Province, Costa Rica, at an elevation of approximately 1, 280 m... 9° 47´ 30 N, 83° 47´ 42 W, 1280 m".

Holotype: UCR 9378.

Synonyms

• Bolitoglossa gracilis Bolaños, Robinson & Wake, 1987
• Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) gracilis — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Bolaños, F., Robinson, D.C. & Wake, D.B. 1987. A new species of salamander (genus Bolitoglossa) from Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 35: 87–92. PDF Reference page. 
• Parra-Olea, G., M. García-París & D.B. Wake. 2004: Molecular diversification of salamanders of the tropical American genus Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) and its evolutionary and biogeographical implications. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. London, 81: 325–346.
• 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 gracilis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa gracilis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa gracilis  (Vulnerable) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Rio Quiri Salamander