Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: It occurs in undisturbed or slightly disturbed
montane
cloud forest
, among fallen leaves on slopes
, and on bushes and herbaceous vegetation. It breeds
by direct development
. (Ref. 0)
List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
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:
capitana
- Brame and Wake, 1963
- Scientific name: - Bolitoglossa capitana Brame and Wake, 1963
- Specific name:
capitana
- Brame and Wake, 1963
- 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
(
Notes
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
- Acosta-Galvis, A.R. 2000. Ranas, Salamandras y Caecilias (Tetrapoda: Amphibia) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 1(3): 289-319.
- 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.
- Brame, A.H. and Wake, D.B. 1963. The salamanders of South America. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 69: 1-72.
- Brame, A.H. and Wake, D.B. 1972. New species of salamanders (genus Bolitoglossa) form Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 219: 1-34.
- Ruiz-Carranza, P.M., Ardila-Robayo, M.C. and Lynch, J.D. 1996. Lista actualizada de la fauna de Amphibia de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 20(77): 365-415.
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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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Ramírez Pinilla, M.P., Osorno-Muñoz, M., Rueda, J.V., Amézquita, A. & Ardila-Robayo, M.C. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2476455
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208379
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 263424
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208379
- IUCN ID: 59142
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 145044
