Bolitoglossa epimela

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 epimela

Name

Bolitoglossa epimela Wake & Brame, 1963

Type locality: "a point on the Turrialba-Peralta road 6.2 miles northeast of the Río Reventazon bridge (approximately 7 miles east-northeast of Turrialba), at about 915 meters (3,000 feet) elevation, [Cantón de Turrialba,] Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica".

Holotype: UMMZ 119695.

Synonyms

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

References

• Wake and Brame, 1963, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 11: 63.
• 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 epimela Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa epimela. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa epimela  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Tapanti Climbing Salamander