Bolitoglossa insularis Sunyer, Lotzkat, Hertz, Wake, Aléman, Robleto, and Köhler, 2008

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

Bolitoglossa insularis Sunyer, Lotzkat, Hertz, Wake, Aléman, Robleto, and Köhler, 2008, Senckenb. Biol., 88: 323. Holotype: SMF 87175, by original designation. Type locality: "Volcán Maderas (11° 27′ 30″ N, 85° 30′ 56″ W), 800 m elevation, Isla de Ometepe, Departamento de Rivas, Nicaragua".

English Names

Ometepe Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 663).

Distribution

Known only from premontane slopes of Volcán Maderas on Isla de Ometepe, in Lago Nicaragua, Departamento de Rivas, Nicaragua, 800 to 1394 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Nicaragua

Endemic: Nicaragua

Comment

Likely a member of the subgenus Bolitoglossa according to the original publication. 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.: 313, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Sunyer, Wake, and Obando, 2012, Herpetol. Rev., 43: 561–563, reported on additional specimens. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 663, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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