Bolitoglossa celaque McCranie and Wilson, 1993

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Bolitoglossa > Species: Bolitoglossa celaque

Bolitoglossa celaque McCranie and Wilson, 1993, Herpetologica, 49: 11. Holotype: FMNH 236504, by original designation. Type locality: "Río Arcáqual, eastern side of Cerro Celaque, Cordillera de Celaque (14° 32′ N, 88° 40′ W), 2480 m elevation, Departamento de Lempira, Honduras".

Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) celaqueParra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.

English Names

Celaque Mushroomtongue Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).

Distribution

endemic to Montaña de Celaque in the southern cordillera of the Chortís Highlands, where it inhabits mixed cloud forest, coniferous cloud forest, mixed montane forest, and hepatic forest within the departments of Lempira and the extreme east of Ocotepeque, Honduras, 1900–2780 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Honduras

Endemic: Honduras

Comment

In the Bolitoglossa dunni group, according to the original publication. In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) dunni group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. See comment under Bolitoglossa dunni. McCranie and Wilson, 2002, Amph. Honduras: 100-103, provided an account. McCranie, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 36, summarized the departmental distribution in Honduras. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 556. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 40–69, compared this species with others from Central America, provided a map, photograph, and brief characterization. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 354, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Itgen, Sessions, Wilson, and Townsend, 2020 "2019", Herpetol. Monogr., 33: 48–70, provided an account, range map, and discussed relationships. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 777, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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