Bolitoglossa cerroensis

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 cerroensis

Name

Bolitoglossa cerroensis (Taylor, 1952)

Type locality: "Cerro de la Muerte at approximately 7000 feet elevation, Pacific slope, 2 km. below Millville [= Villa Mills] on the Pan American Highway", Cantón de Pérez Zeledón, Cartago Province, Costa Rica.

Holotype: KU 29961.

Synonyms

• Magnadigita cerroensis Taylor, 1952
• Bolitoglossa cerroensis — Wake & Brame, 1963
• Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) cerroensis — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004

References

• Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34: 724.
• Wake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.
• 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 cerroensis Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa cerroensis. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa cerroensis  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 29 July 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Millville Mushroom-tongue Salamander