Bolitoglossa orestes

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

Bolitoglossa orestes Brame & Wake, 1962: 171

Holotype: BMNH 1905.5.31.103, adult ♀, collected by W.F.H. Rosenberg, date unknown.
Type locality: “Culata, 9,810 feet (3,000 meters), Cordillera de Mérida, Estado de Mérida, Venezuela”.

Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) orestes — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004: 336 [subsequent combination, subgenus]

Bolitoglossa spongai Barrio-Amorós & Fuentes-Ramos, 1999: 11 [synonymised by Fermín et al. (2012: 54)]
- Holotype: MBUCV 6570, adult ♀, collected by Rosa Delgado de González on 12 December 1982.
- Type locality: “Carretera Mérida la Azulita, frente al Hato la Carbonera, Fila la Cuchilla, Municipio Campo Elías, La Carbonera, Estado Mérida, Venezuela, 2200 msnm. 8°38´02 N, 71°22´25 W”.

Brame, Jr., A.H. & Wake, D.B. 1962. A new plethodontid salamander (genus Bolitoglossa) from Venezuela with redescription of the Ecuadorian B. palmata (Werner). Copeia 1962: 170–177. DOI: 10.2307/1439493
Barrio-Amorós, C.L. & Fuentes-Ramos, O. 1999. Bolitoglossa spongai una nueva especie de salamandra (Caudata: Plethodontidae) de los Andes Venezolanos, con comentarios sobre el genero en Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 19: 9–19. Reference page.
Parra-Olea, G., García-París, M. & Wake, D.B. 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 81(3): 325–346. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00303.x
Fermín, G., García-Gutiérrez, J., Escalona, M., Mora, A. & Díaz, A. 2012. Molecular taxonomic reassessment of the Cloud Forest’s Bolitoglossa salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Cordillera de Mérida (Mérida state, Venezuela). Zootaxa 3356: 47–56. Preview Reference page.

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 orestes
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa orestes. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
La Marca, E. & García-Pérez, J.E. 2004. IUCN: Bolitoglossa orestes (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59190A11884641. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59190A11884641.en

English: Culata Climbing Salamander
español: Salamandra Meridena