Oedipina ecuatoriana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Caudata Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Oedipina
Species: Oedipina ecuatoriana

Name

Oedipina ecuatoriana Reyes-Puig, Wake, Kotharambath, Streicher, Koch, Cisneros-Heredia, Yánez-Muñoz & Ron, 2020: 17

• Holotype: BMNH 1901.3.29.115, ♂, obtained by purchase from W.F.H. Rosenberg.
• Type locality: “Paramba (Hacienda Parambas?), provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador (approximate coordinates 0.816667, −78.35000, 1,067 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Reyes-Puig, C., Wake, D.B., Kotharambath, R., Streicher, J.W., Koch, C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. & Ron, S.R. 2020. Two extremely rare new species of fossorial salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Plethodontidae) from northwestern Ecuador. PeerJ 8: e9934. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9934 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Ecuadorian Worm Salamander