Bolitoglossa simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Small salamanders with 4 digits comprising the pes, tongue feeding mode v attached projectilelombard and wake 1977, 1986, and skull with fully articulated frontal and parietal bones with no. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. We would like to share the exciting news of a newly discovered and beautiful species of salamander from the caribbean slopes of talamanca, costa rica. Description bolitoglossa mexicana is a highly arboreal neotropical salamander that almost reaches 200 mm in total length. A conventional giemsa staining, b cbanding pattern, c dapi staining. Bolitoglossa aurae is named in dedication to aura reyes, the wife of brian kubicki, who codiscovered the species. Guatemala is rich in both species and genera of bolitoglossine salamanders, and new species continue to be described on. These two were found courting on a short plant at night near avilio velasquezs house in.
Distribution and conservation status of amphibian and. Salamanders in the genus bolitoglossa are native to central and south america. Pdf a new species of bolitoglossa amphibia, caudata from the. Cytogenetics of the brazilian bolitoglossa paraensis. The fourth conference on the biology of plethodontid salamanders was held at the mountain, in highlands, north carolina on june 1214, 1998. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, and rural gardens. Lungless salamanders genus bolitoglossa tropical lungless salamanders introduction. New species of salamander bolitoglossa from costa rica. This page was last edited on 15 september 2017, at 01. Smith is one of herpetologys most prolific autiiors. Fullgrown adults can reach a snoutvent length of just under 100. Pseudoeurycea brunnata bolitoglossa hartwegi 59 bolitoglossa rufescens 96 bolitoglossa occidentalis bolitoglossa platydactyla bolitoglossa flaviventris 92 100 bolitoglossa odonnelli bolitoglossa mexicana 86 bolitoglossa lignicolor 69 bolitoglossa yucatana 88 bolitoglossa striatula 94 bolitoglossa. Espinal, 3 and larry david wilson 4 110770 southwest 164th street, miami, florida 331572933, usa. This is not the latest assessment for this species.
They are also called tropical climbing salamanders and webfooted salamanders. Media in category bolitoglossa mexicana the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Others, members of the genus bolitoglossa, have extensively webbed forefeet and hindfeet with indistinct digits, allowing them to move across moist leaves and other smooth surfaces. Pdf we describe two new species of bolitoglossa from nicaragua. A beautiful new yellow salamander, genus bolitoglossa caudata. Males tend to be smaller and slimmer than females with male total lengths ranging between 125 145 mm and females ranging between 155 183 mm. Thirteen genera comprise the supergenus bolitoglossa. The ancestors of south american salamanders likely arrived at least by the early miocene, well before the completion of the late pliocene panamanian land bridge widely accepted as ca.
The supergenus bolitoglossa has undergone an extensive adaptive radiation in neotropical middle america and south america wake and lynch, 1976, containing about twothirds of plethodontid species and 40% of all species of salamanders. Houck the reproductive biology of a neotropical salamander, bolitoglossa rostrata, was studied at two localities in guatemala. New species of montane salamander of the bolitoglossa. The plethodontid salamander genus bolitoglossa is, by far, the most speciesrich and diverse genus of salamanders. Pdf 2595 k pdf plus 346 k a new species of bolitoglossa amphibia. Pdf a new species of bolitoglossa amphibia, caudata. While many areas in mesoamerica are rich in salamanders, one of the areas of highest diversity is the highlands of guatemala wake and lynch, 1976. Bolitoglossa mexicana blackandgold salamander youtube. Their range is between northern mexico through central america to colombia, venezuela, ecuador, peru, northeastern brazil, and central bolivia. The mexican climbing salamander bolitoglossa mexicana is a species of salamander in the. Bolitoglossa mexicana mexican mushroomtongue salamander. As of 30 june 1999, he authored or coauthored 67 publications covering arange of scholarly and popular papers dealing with such diverse subjects as taxonomy, life history, geographical distribution, checklists, nomenclatural problems, bibliographies, herpetological coins, anatomy, comparative anatomy. Ricardo palaciosaguilar, a d antonio yolocalli cisnerosbernal, a d j.
The most southerlyranging salamanders in the world, bolitoglossa are found from mexico in the north to tropical south america beyond the amazon drainage. Systematic revision of the bolitoglossa mexicana species group amphibia. Bolitoglossa is a genus of lungless salamanders, also called mushroomtongued salamanders, tropical climbing salamanders, or webfooted salamanders, in the family plethodontidae. This page was last edited on 17 september 2011, at. Pdf this study reports a new addition to the distribution of the salamander bolitoglossa mexicana in the lowlands of tabasco centro municipality. By including representatives of all known species of amazonian bolitoglossa. Widespread over the american tropics, these salamanders are found from northeastern mexico to the south american rainforest, and. Hosted by the highlands biological station, and sponsored by the highlands biological foundation, inc. The costa rican plethodontid salamander long known as bolitoglossa subpalmata is a species complex. The three species known from these mountains comprise the macrinii group, which differs from all other bolitoglossa beta by lacking mental gland clusters in adult males, and in having extremely weak premaxillary bones that frequently have incomplete frontal processes. Nixontnt, a free program for phylogenetic analysis.
Neotropical salamanders of the bolitoglossa make up the largest genus in. Vastly underestimated species richness of amazonian salamanders. Pdf two new species of salamanders genus bolitoglossa from. Salamanders of the family plethodontidae are represented in the neotropics by a single lineage, the supergenus bolitoglossa. For the species of gecko, see tarentola mauritanica. Like other plethodontid salamanders, they presumably exhibit direct development there is no free living aquatic stage involved. Early miocene origin and cryptic diversification of south. An bolitoglossa in nahilalakip ha familia nga plethodontidae ilarom nga taxa. This information is particularly important for amphibians and reptiles, as they are among the most threatened vertebrate animals in the world 3,4. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. A large female and smaller male of the salamander bolitoglossa mexicana. Plethodontidae from the central highlands of guerrero, mexico. Description of a new species of the bolitoglossa subpalmatagroup.
In common with other salamanders, however, they are not lovers of high. Salamanders of the genus bolitoglossa from the sierra. Our strategy is to investigate primary taxa in proposed subgroups of the genus with the goal of discovering monophyletic groups. Most species in this genus are native to central america, though bolitoglossa species can also be found throughout tropical south america. A new species of bolitoglossa amphibia, caudata from the sierra. It is found in belize, guatemala, honduras, mexico, and possibly nicaragua.
This is one of a projected series of papers dealing with phylogenetic relationships in the genus bolitoglossa, the largest and most widely distributed genus in the order caudata and one that includes about 20% of recognized salamander species. The bolitoglossa genus typically accounts for about 17 percent of all salamander species, and some experts consider bolitoglossa to be a supergenus of as many as genera. Phylogenetic relationships among the salamanders of the. Individuals of bolitoglossa mexicana mvz176838 and bolitoglossa hartwegi mvz 263458 were used as outgroups for phylogenetic analysis. Diets of two sympatric tropical salamanders, bolitoglossa mexicana and b. Its 124 assigned species represent around 20% of the living caudate species sessions, 2008. For this reason, we tentatively treat these three populations as belonging to b. Bolitoglossa mexicana wikispecies, free species directory. Biotic surveys and information on geographic distribution of the species are essential for biogeographic studies, and can provide a baseline for ecological and biodiversity conservation studies as a whole 1, 2. The mexican climbing salamander bolitoglossa mexicana is a species of salamander in the family plethodontidae. New species of montane salamander of the bolitoglossa dunni group from northern comayagua, honduras urodela. Bolitoglossa, bradytriton, chiropterotriton, cryptotriton, dendrotriton, ixalotriton.
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