Bolitoglossa digitigrada Wake, Brame, and Thomas, 1982

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

Bolitoglossa digitigrada Wake, Brame, and Thomas, 1982, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ., 58: 3. Holotype: LSUMZ 25514, by original designation. Type locality: "along the Río Santa Rosa a few kilometers upstream from the Río Apurímac between Pataccocha and San José (12° 44′ S, 73° 46′ W), Departamento de Ayacucho, Peru, at an elevation of 1000 m (3300 ft.)".

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

English Names

Rio Santa Rosa Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).

Rio Santa Rosa Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 737).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Ayacucho, Peru, ca. 1000 m elevation).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Endemic: Peru

Comment

In the Bolitoglossa altamazonica group according to the original publication. In the Bolitoglosa (Eladinea) adspersa group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 340, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 737–738, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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