Bolitoglossa gomezi Wake, Savage, and Hanken, 2007

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

Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) gomezi Wake, Savage, and Hanken, 2007, Copeia, 2007: 557. Holotype: USNM 219116, by original designation. Type locality: "Costa Rica, Provincia Puntarenas, Las Cruces Biological Station, 8° 47′ 35″ N, 82° 57′ 30″ W, 1250 m".

English Names

Gómez's Web-footed Salamander (Original publication).

Gomez's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 684).

Distribution

Pacific slope on either side of the Costa Rica (eastern end of the Fila Costeña and the Finca Loma Linda)–Panama (western slopes of the Talamanca range) border, known from 1170–1250 m elevation in Costa Rica and 1700–2120 m elevation in Panama.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Costa Rica, Panama

Comment

In the subgenus Eladinea, Bolitoglossa subpalmata group and confused with Bolitoglossa pesrubra prior to its naming according to the original publication. Corresponds to part of unnamed species C of García-París, Good, Parra-Olea, and Wake, 2000, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 97: 1640–1647, according to García-París, Parra-Olea, and Wake, 2008, Herpetol. J., 18: 23–31. 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.: 321, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 684–685, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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