Bolitoglossa platydactyla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

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

Name

Bolitoglossa platydactyla (Gray in Cuvier, 1831)

Type locality: "Jalapa", Veracruz, Mexico.

Lectotype: BM 1848.8.16.24.

Synonyms

• Salamandra variegata Gray in Cuvier, 1831
• Salamandra platydactylus Gray, 1831
• Oedipus platydactylus — Tschudi, 1838
• Oedipus variegatus — Gray, 1850
• Geotriton carbonarius Cope, 1861
• Oedipus carbonarius — Cope, 1869
• Spelerpes variegatus — Strauch, 1870
• Bolitoglossa platydactyla — Taylor, 1944
• Bolitoglossa (Bolitoglossa) platydactyla — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Gray in Cuvier, 1831, Animal Kingdom (Griffith), 9: 107.
• Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 219.
• Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Bolitoglossa platydactyla . Accessed on 30 July 2008.
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa platydactyla. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.

• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa platydactyla (Near Threatened) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Broadfoot Climbing Salamander