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Bolitoglossa splendida Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012
Bolitoglossa splendida Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012, Zootaxa, 3309: 42. Holotype: UCR 19835, by original designation. Type locality: "headwaters region of the Lori branch of the Río Coén near Cerro Arbolado (coordinates 9.3567° N, 83.229° W) at 1826 m elevation, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica".
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) splendida — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 683.
English Names
Splendid Web-footed Salamander(original publication).
Splendid Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 683).
Distribution
Known only from the vicinity of the type locality, a short distance north of the continental divide and below Cerro Arbolado in the Sierra de Talamanca, 1826 m elevation, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Costa Rica
Endemic: Costa Rica
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 683–684, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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