Bolitoglossa occidentalis

Bolitoglossa occidentalis

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species: Bolitoglossa occidentalis

Name

Bolitoglossa occidentalis Taylor, 1941

Type locality: "La Esperanza [near Escuintla], Chiapas, Mexico, elevation 500 feet".

Holotype: USNM 111085.

Synonyms

• Bolitoglossa occidentalis Taylor, 1941
• Bolitoglossa bilineata Lynch & Smith, 1966
• Bolitoglossa (Nanotriton) occidentalis — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Taylor, 1941, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 27: 145.
• Lynch and Smith, 1966, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 69: 59.
• 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 occidentalis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa occidentalis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa occidentalis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Banana Salamander