Bolitoglossa zacapensis

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
Subgenus: Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita)
Species: Bolitoglossa zacapensis

Name

Bolitoglossa zacapensis Rovito, Vásquez-Almazán & Papenfuss, 2010: 519

• Holotype: MVZ 257806, adult ♂, collected by Sean M. Rovito, Carlos Vásquez-Almazán, Edgar Gustavo Ruano, and Theodore J. Papenfuss on 4 May 2007.
• Type locality: “Finca Planada de Margot, 18.7 km (by road) from CA-9 at Aldea Las Pozas (km 143.5), Municipio Rio Hondo, Sierra de las Minas, Departamento de Zacapa, Guatemala, 1,660-m elevation, 15°10′24″ N, 89°30′26″ W (WGS84 datum)”.

References

Primary references

• Rovito, S.M., Vásquez-Almazán, C.R. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2010. A New Species of Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala. Journal of Herpetology 44(4): 516–525. DOI: 10.1670/09-205.1 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. IUCN: Bolitoglossa zacapensis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T50927352A50927368. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T50927352A50927368.en. Accessed on 26 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Zacapa Salamander