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Bolitoglossa capitana Brame and Wake, 1963
Bolitoglossa capitana Brame and Wake, 1963, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 69: 47. Holotype: MLS 1a, by original designation; now numbered MLS 183, according to Cruz-Rodríguez, Lynch, Cárdenas, and Caicedo-Portilla, 2021, Zootaxa, 4965: 267. Type locality: "Hacienda La Victoria [La Granja Infantil—an orphanage, 6 km north of Albán on the Albánto Sasaima Road] between Albán and Sasaima, 1780 meters (5840 feet), in the Cordillera Oriental about 50 km. NW Bogotá, Departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia".
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) capitana — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
Common Names
Orphan Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).
Orphan Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 707).
Distribution
Known only from the lower forested zone in the vicinity of the type locality (6 km north of Albán), in Cundinamarca, Colombia, 1780 m elevation; similar salamanders found at Laguna de Pedro Palo, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Colombia
Endemic: Colombia
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) adspersa group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. Rueda-Almonacid and Acosta-Galvis, 2004, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Libro Rojo Anf. Colombia: 144-146, provided a brief account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 555. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 331, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Cruz-Rodríguez, Lynch, Cárdenas, and Caicedo-Portilla, 2021, Zootaxa, 4965: 268, pictured the holotype.(Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 707–705, provided an account summarizing systematics , life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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