Bolitoglossa kamuk Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012

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

Bolitoglossa kamuk Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012, Zootaxa, 3309: 42. Holotype: UCR 20852, by original designation. Type locality: " the sub-páramo region atop Cerro Apri in the Kamuk Massif (coordinates 9.2546° N, 83.059° W) at an elevation of 3126 m, on the continental divide, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica".

English Names

Kamuk Web-footed Salamander(original publication).

Kamuk Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 682).

Distribution

Known only from subparamo on Cerro Apri, southwest of Cerro Kamuk, just off the continental divide, as well as Cerro Utyum to the northwest, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Costa Rica

Endemic: Costa Rica

Comment

 Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 320, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 682, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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