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

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

Bolitoglossa splendida Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012, Zootaxa, 3309: 42. Holotype: UCR 19835, by original designation. Type locality: "headwaters region of the Lori branch of the Río Coén near Cerro Arbolado (coordinates 9.3567° N, 83.229° W) at 1826 m elevation, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica".

Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) splendida — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 683.

English Names

Splendid Web-footed Salamander(original publication).

Splendid Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 683).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality, a short distance north of the continental divide and below Cerro Arbolado in the Sierra de Talamanca, 1826 m elevation, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Costa Rica

Endemic: Costa Rica

Comment

 Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 683–684, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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