Oedipina nica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Oedipina
Subgenus: Oedipina (Oeditriton)
Species: Oedipina nica

Name

Oedipina nica Sunyer, Wake, Townsend, Travers, Rovito, Papenfuss, Obando & Köhler, 2010: 32

• Holotype: MVZ 263774, adult ♂, collected by S.M. Rovito, T.J. Papenfuss, J. Sunyer and L.A. Obando on 30 August 2009.
• Type locality: “El Gobiado, Reserva Natural Cerro Datanlí-El Diablo, 13°09′ N, 85°52′ W, 1420 m above sea level (a.s.l.), Dept. Jinotega, Nicaragua”.

References

Primary references

• Sunyer, J., Wake, D.B., Townsend, J.H., Travers, S.L., Rovito, S.M., Papenfuss, T.J., Obando, L.A. & Köhler,G. 2010. A new species of worm salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Oedipina) in the subgenus Oeditriton from the highlands of northern Nicaragua. Zootaxa 2613(1): 29–39. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2613.1.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Nicaraguan Highland Worm Salamander