Bolitoglossa palmata (Werner, 1897)

Camper, Jeffrey D., Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Ron, Santiago R., Nilsson, Jonas, Arteaga, Alejandro, Knowles, Travis W. & Arbogast, Brian S., 2021, Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador, Check List 17 (3), pp. 729-751 : 731

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.729

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B463861E-C709-2D56-FF33-57A841CFF131

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Marcus

scientific name

Bolitoglossa palmata (Werner, 1897)
status

 

Bolitoglossa palmata (Werner, 1897) View in CoL

Material examined. ECUADOR • 2 adults; Napo Prov- ince, near village of Pacto Sumaco on the slope of Volcán

Sumaco ; 00.5669°S, 077.5941°W; 2200 m a.s.l.; 16 Aug. 1991; QCAZ 1577 View Materials to 1578 View Materials GoogleMaps 3 adults; Napo Province, WWS; 00.6757°S, 077.6013°W; 1485 m a.s.l.; 19 Apr. 2014; MZUTI 3526 to 3528 GoogleMaps .

Identification. This moderate-sized salamander can be distinguished from sympatric congeners by a combination of rounded toe tips, a mottled venter and 24–27 maxillary teeth ( Ron et al. 2019).

Remarks. This species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List and Endangered by the Ecuadorian Red List ( Ron et al. 2019).

Gymnophiona

Caeciliidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Caudata

Family

Plethodontidae

Genus

Bolitoglossa

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