Bolitoglossa robusta

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 robusta

Name

Bolitoglossa robusta (Cope, 1894)

Type locality: "Faldas of Volcano Irazu", Catón de Cartago, Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica.

Holotype: AMNH 5464.

Synonyms

• Oedipus robustus Cope, 1894
• Magnadigita robusta — Taylor, 1944
• Bolitoglossa robusta — Wake & Brame, 1963
• Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) robusta — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Cope, 1894, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 46: 194.
• Wake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.
• 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 robusta
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa robusta. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa robusta  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Robust Climbing Salamander