Bolitoglossa longissima McCranie and Cruz-Díaz, 1996

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

Bolitoglossa longissima McCranie and Cruz-Díaz, 1996, Caribb. J. Sci., 32: 195. Holotype: MVZ 222552, by original designation. Type locality: "along the trail to Pico La Picucha, Sierra de Agalta (14° 58′ N, 85° 55′ W), ca. 10 airline km NNW Catacamas, 1900 m elevation, Departamento de Olancho, Honduras".

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

English Names

Picucha Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 779).

Distribution

Intermediate elevations (1840–2240 m) on the Atlantic versant on Pico La Picucha in the Sierra de Agalta, Departamento de Olancho, Honduras.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Honduras

Endemic: Honduras

Comment

In the Bolitoglossa dunni group according to the original publication. In the Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) dunni group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. See accounts by McCranie and Wilson, 2002, Amph. Honduras: 118–120, and McCranie, 2006, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 822: 1–3. 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: 560. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 40–69, compared this species with others from Central America and provided a map and photograph. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 355, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 779, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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