Bolitoglossa capitana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Subgenus: Bolitoglossa (Eladinea)
Species: Bolitoglossa capitana

Name

Bolitoglossa capitana Brame & Wake, 1963

Type locality: "Hacienda La Victoria [La Granja Infantil---an orphanage, 6 km north of Albán on the Albánto Sasaima Road] between Albán and Sasaima, 1780 meters (5840 feet), in the Cordillera Oriental about 50 km. NW Bogotá, Departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia".

Holotype: MLS 1a.

Synonyms

• Bolitoglossa capitana Brame & Wake, 1963
• Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) capitana — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Brame and Wake, 1963, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 69: 47.
• 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 capitana Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa capitana. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa capitana  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 29 July 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Orphan Mushroom-tongue Salamander