Bolitoglossa rufescens

Bolitoglossa rufescens

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 (Nanotriton)
Species: Bolitoglossa rufescens

Name

Bolitoglossa rufescens (Cope, 1869)

Type locality: "Orizava" (= Orizaba), Veracruz, Mexico.

Holotype: USNM 6886.

Synonyms

• Oedipus rufescens Cope, 1869
• Spelerpes (Oedipus) rufescens — Peters, 1873
• Geotriton rufescens — Smith, 1877
• Spelerpes rufescens — Boulenger, 1882
• Oedipus rufescens — Dunn, 1926
• Bolitoglossa rufescens — Taylor, 1941
• Palmatotriton rufescens — Smith, 1945
• Bolitoglossa rufescens — Smith & Taylor, 1948
• Bolitoglossa (Nanotriton) rufescens — Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2004

References

• Cope, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 21: 104.
• Smith and Taylor, 1948, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 194: 23.
• 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 rufescens Reference page. 
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa rufescens. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Bolitoglossa rufescens  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 30 July 2008.

Vernacular names

• English: Northern Banana Salamander