Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Alvarado's Salamander
Description
Habitat
Ecology: It lives in lowland moist and wet forests
and premontane rainforest, and does not occur in degraded habitats
. It is nocturnal
and arboreal
, living especially in bromeliads
, and being found on leaves of trees
at night. Breeding takes place by direct development
, and the species is not dependent
on water. (Ref. 61631)
List of Habitats:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Urodela
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
()
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
()
- Genus:
Bolitoglossa
()
- Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
- Specific name:
alvaradoi
- Taylor, 1954
- Scientific name: - Bolitoglossa alvaradoi Taylor, 1954
- Specific name:
alvaradoi
- Taylor, 1954
- Genus:
Bolitoglossa
(
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
(
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Urodela
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Bolitoglossa arborescandens Taylor, 1954
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: June 11, 2001.
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Mar-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bolitoglossa
There are approximately 105 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
B. adspersa · B. alberchi · B. altamazonica · B. alvaradoi (Alvarado's Salamander) · B. anthracina (Coal Black Salamander) · B. biseriata · B. borburata · B. capitana · B. carri · B. celaque · B. cephalica · B. cerroensis · B. chica · B. colonnea (Ridge-Headed Salamander) · B. compacta · B. conanti · B. copia · B. cuchumatana · B. cuna · B. decora · B. diaphora · B. digitigrada · B. dimidiata · B. diminuta · B. dofleini (Doflein's Salamander) · B. dunni · B. ecuatoriana · B. engelhardti · B. epimela · B. equatoriana · B. flavimembris · B. flaviventris · B. franklini · B. franklini franklini · B. franklini nigroflavescens · B. gadovii · B. gomezi · B. gracilis · B. guaramacalensis · B. hartwegi · B. heiroreias (Holy-Mountain Salamander) · B. helmrichi · B. hermosa · B. hiemalis · B. hypacra · B. jacksoni · B. lignicolor (Bark-Colored Salamander) · B. lincolni · B. longissima · B. lozanoi · B. macrini · B. macrinii · B. magnifica (Magnificent Web-Footed Salamander) · B. marmorea · B. medemi · B. meliana · B. mexicana · B. minutula · B. mombachoensis · B. moreleti · B. morio · B. mulleri · B. nicefori · B. nigrescens (Black Web-Footed Salamander) · B. oaxacensis · B. obscura · B. occidentalis · B. odonnelli · B. oresbia · B. orestes · B. palmata · B. palustris · B. pandi · B. paraensis · B. peruviana · B. pesrubra · B. phalarosoma · B. platydactyla · B. porrasorum · B. ramosi · B. riletti · B. robusta (Ringtail Salamander) · B. rostrata · B. rufescens · B. salvini · B. salvinii · B. savagei · B. schizodactyla · B. silverstonei · B. sima · B. sombra (Shadowy Web-Footed Salamander) · B. sooyorum · B. spongai · B. striatula · B. stuarti · B. subpalmata · B. synoria · B. taylori · B. unguidentis · B. vallecula
Bibliography
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- García-París, M., Good, D.A., Parra-Olea, G. and Wake, D.B. 2000. Biodiversity of Costa Rican salamanders: implications of high levels of genetic differentiation and phylogeographic structure for species formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 97: 1640-1647.
- Parra-Olea, G., Garcia-Paris, M. and Wake, D.B. 2004. Molecular diversification of salamanders of the tropical American genus Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) and its evolutionary and biogeographical implications. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81(3): 325-346.
- Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between two Continents, between two Seas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
- Savage, Jay M. (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London.
- Taylor, E.H. 1954. Additions to the known herpetofauna of Costa Rica with comments on other species, no. 1. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36: 597-639.
- Wake, D.B. 1987. Adaptive radiation of salamanders in Middle American cloud forests. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 242-264.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Bolaños, F., Savage, J. & Wake, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2476451
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208375 ITS-208374
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 263419
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208374
- IUCN ID: 59138
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 145039
