Bolitoglossa nigrescens

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 nigrescens

Name

Bolitoglossa nigrescens (Taylor, 1949)

Type locality: "Boquete Camp (on highway between Millville [= Villa Mills] and San Isidro del General), [Cantón de de Pérez Zeledón, Provincia San José,] Costa Rica, elevation 6,000 feet."

Holotype: KU 23816.

Synonyms

• Magnadigita nigrescens Taylor, 1949
• Bolitoglossa nigrescens — Hanken & Wake, 1982
• Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) nigrescens — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Taylor, 1949, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33: 282.
• Hanken and Wake, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 275.
• Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
• 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 nigrescens
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa nigrescens. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa nigrescens  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cordillera Central Salamander