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Bolitoglossa epimela Wake and Brame, 1963
Bolitoglossa epimela Wake and Brame, 1963, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 11: 63. Holotype: UMMZ 119695, by original designation. Type locality: "a point on the Turrialba-Peralta road 6.2 miles northeast of the Río Reventazon bridge (approximately 7 miles east-northeast of Turrialba), at about 915 meters (3,000 feet) elevation, [Cantón de Turrialba,] Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica". Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 85, commented on the type locality and restated as "1.5 km SW Chitaria at Río Chitaria on road between Turrialba and Peralta, Cantón de Turrialba, Provincia de Cartago; 775 m", Costa Rica.
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) epimela — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
Common Names
Tapanti Mushroomtongue Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).
Distribution
Known from the type locality and near Tapantí, in humid premontane areas on the Atlantic slope of Cartago Province, central Costa Rica, 775–1550 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Costa Rica
Endemic: Costa Rica
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) epimela group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 132-133. See García-París, Parra-Olea, and Wake, 2008, Herpetol. J., 18: 23-31, for systematic comments. 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.: 323–324, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 687, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).
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