Bolitoglossa walkeri

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 walkeri

Name

Bolitoglossa walkeri Brame & Wake, 1972

Type locality: "Television Tower Mountain 15 km WNW Cali and 0.9 km S El Jordan, Departamento del Valle, Colombia... in cloud forest at an elevation of 2050 m (6724 ft)".

Holotype: UMMZ 128833.

Synonyms

Bolitoglossa walkeri Brame & Wake, 1972
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) walkeri — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

Brame and Wake, 1972, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 219: 18.
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 walkeri
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa walkeri. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa walkeri (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Walker's Salamander