Bolitoglossa lozanoi Acosta-Galvis and Restrepo, 2001

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

Bolitoglossa lozanoi Acosta-Galvis and Restrepo, 2001, Caldasia, 23: 468. Holotype: ICN 43769, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia, Departamento de Caldas, Municipio La victoria, Vereda Corinto; sitio Charco Azul, margen derecha del Rio la Miel, 500 m".

Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) lozanoiParra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.

English Names

Rioi La Miel Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 746).

Distribution

Tropical humid forests of the Andean foothills of Colombia in the departments of Caldas, Cundinamarca, and Boyacá: associated with the middle valley of the Magdalena River, on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central, and the western slope of th Cordillera Oriental, 500 to 1200 m elevation. 

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. See account and map by Acosta-Galvis, 2004, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Libro Rojo Anf. Colombia: 298–301. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 343, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Ovalle-Pacheco, Camacho-Rozo, and Arroyo, 2019, Check List, 15: 399, reported the species from Boyacá, Colombia, and commented on the range in Colombia. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 746–747, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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