Bolitoglossa mexicana

Bolitoglossa mexicana

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 mexicana

Name

Bolitoglossa mexicana Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Type locality: "province d'Oaxaca au Mexique" and "Vera Crux".

Lectotype: MNHNP 4747A.

Synonyms

• Bolitoglossa mexicana Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Salamandra togata Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Spelerpes mexicana — Hallowell, 1856
• Pseudotriton mexicanus — Jan, 1857
• Spelerpes mexicanum — Brocchi, 1883
• Geotriton mexicana — Garman, 1884
• Spelerpes mexicanus — Dugès, 1894
• Oedipus mexicanus — Schmidt, 1936
• Bolitoglossa mexicana — Taylor, 1944
• Bolitoglossa moreleti Smith, 1945
• Bolitoglossa mexicana mexicana — Neill & Allen, 1959
• Bolitoglossa (Bolitoglossa) mexicana — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9: 95.
• Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 219.
• 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 mexicana
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa mexicana. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa mexicana  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Climbing Salamander