Bolitoglossa mucuyensis

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 mucuyensis

Name

Bolitoglossa mucuyensis García-Gutiérrez, Escalona, Mora, Díaz de Pascual & Fermín, 2013: 184

• Holotype: ULABG 1772 (field number ELM 1772), adult ♀, collected by Enrique La Marca, Abraham Mijares, Juan Elías García Pérez and Maricela Sosa on 7 August 1987.
• Type locality: “Parque Nacional ‘Sierra Nevada’, La Mucuy, nearby a stream located between a trout farm and a place called Mesa de Los Pinos, 2225 masl, Santos Marquina municipality, Mérida state, Venezuela”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: La Mucuy Salamander