Oedipina pacificensis

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: Oedipina
Subgenus: Oedipina (Oedipina)
Species: Oedipina pacificensis

Name

Oedipina pacificensis Taylor, 1952

Type locality: "two miles east of San Isidro [de] El General, C[osta]. R[ica]., at an elevation of approximately 2118 feet", Cantón de Pérez Zeledón, Provincia de San José, Costa Rica.

Holotype: KU 29965.

Synonyms

• Haptoglossa pressicauda Cope, 1893
• Oedipina pacificensis Taylor, 1952
• Oedipina (Oedipina) pacificensis — García-París & Wake, 2000

References

• Cope, 1893, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 31: 333.
• Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34: 775.
• 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. Oedipina pacificensis
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Oedipina pacificensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Oedipina pacificensis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Pacific Worm Salamander