Bolitoglossa franklini

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 franklini
Subspecies: B. f. franklini – B. f. nigroflavescens

Name

Bolitoglossa franklini (Schmidt, 1936)

Type locality: "Volcan Tajumulco, at 5600 feet altitude, on the trail above El Porvenir, [Department of] San Marcos, Guatemala".

Holotype: FMNH 21061.

Synonyms

• Oedipus franklini Schmidt, 1936
• Bolitoglossa nigroflavescens Taylor, 1941
• Magnadigita nigroflavescens — Taylor, 1944
• Magnadigita franklini — Taylor, 1944
• Magnadigita brevipes Bumzahem & Smith, 1955
• Bolitoglossa nigroflavescens — Wake & Brame, 1963
• Bolitoglossa brevipes — Wake & Brame, 1963
• Bolitoglossa franklini — Wake & Brame, 1963
• Bolitoglossa franklini franklini — Wake & Lynch, 1982
• Bolitoglossa franklini nigroflavescens — Wake & Lynch, 1982
• Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) franklini — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Schmidt, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 159.
• Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
• Bumzahem, C.B. & Smith, H.M. 1955. Additional Notes and Descriptions of Plethodontid Salamanders from Mexico. Herpetologica 11(1): 73–75. JSTOR Reference page. 
• 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 franklini
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa franklini. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa franklini  (Endangered) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Franklin's Climbing Salamander