Bolitoglossa chirripoensis

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 chirripoensis

Name

Bolitoglossa chirripoensis Klank, Chaves, Castro & Arias, 2025: 436

• Holotype: UCR23302, adult ♂, collected by Gerardo Chaves, Jeremy Klank and Kimberly Castro on 17 November 2019.
• Type locality: “Costa Rica: Provincia de San José: Cantón de Pérez Zeledón: Distrito de Rivas: in front of the Crestones peak, Parque Nacional Chirripó, (9.4566° N, -83.5050° W, 3320 m elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Klank, J., Chaves, G., Castro, K. & Arias, E. 2025. A new species of salamander of the genus Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the highest massif of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Zootaxa 5642(5): 427–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.5.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Chirripó Web-footed Salamander