Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is found on low vegetation, on the ground
, and on arboreal
bromeliads
in lower montane
wet forest
. It is not known whether or not it can
withstand habitat
degradation. It breeds
by direct development
and
is not dependent
upon water.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
()
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
()
- Genus:
Bolitoglossa
()
- Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854
- Specific name:
decora
- McCranie and Wilson, 1997
- Scientific name: - Bolitoglossa decora McCranie and Wilson, 1997
- Specific name:
decora
- McCranie and Wilson, 1997
- Genus:
Bolitoglossa
(
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
(
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Wilson, Larry david;McCranie, James R. Publication
in non-peer-reviewed outlets
: The case of Smith and Chiszar's "Species-Group
Taxa of the False Coral
Snake
Genus Pliocercus". Herpetological
Review 28 (1): 18-21, 1997.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bolitoglossa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. alvaradoi (Alvarado's Salamander) · B. anthracina (Coal Black Salamander) · B. colonnea (Ridge-Headed Salamander) · B. copia (El Cop? Giant Salamander) · B. dofleini (Doflein's Salamander) · B. equatoriana (Ecuador Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. gomezi (Gomezs Web-Footed Salamander) · B. heiroreias (Holy-Mountain Salamander) · B. helmrichi (Coban Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. hermosa (Guerreran Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. hypacra (Paramo Frontino Salamander) · B. lignicolor (Bark-Colored Salamander) · B. macrinii (Oaxacan Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. magnifica (Magnificent Web-Footed Salamander) · B. mexicana (Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. nigrescens (Black Web-Footed Salamander) · B. obscura (Tapant? Giant Salamander) · B. peruviana (Peru Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. riletti (Rilett's Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. robusta (Ringtail Salamander) · B. sombra (Shadowy Web-Footed Salamander) · B. subpalmata (La Palma Salamander)
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Further Reading
- Amphibian & reptile conservation: the international journal devoted to the worldwide preservation and management of amphibian and reptilian diversity. Provo, Utah: Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, [1996- url p. 18, p. 28, p. 42.
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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Cruz, G., Wilson, L.D. & McCranie, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Gustavo Cruz, Larry David Wilson, Randy McCranie, Franklin Castañeda 2004. Bolitoglossa decora. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30885
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668255
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668255
- IUCN ID: 195411
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666627
Footnotes
- Gustavo Cruz, Larry David Wilson, Randy McCranie, Franklin Castañeda 2004. Bolitoglossa decora. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
