Bolitoglossa colonnea (Dunn, 1924)
Oedipus colonneus Dunn, 1924, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 12: 96. Holotype: MCZ 9406, by original designation. Type locality: "La Loma, on trail from Chiriquicito to Boquete [Atlantic side], altitude about 2000 feet, Bocas del Toro [Province], Panama".
Bolitoglossa colonnea — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 219.
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) colonnea — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
English Names
La Loma Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).
Distribution
Known from Bocas del Toro Province, western Panamá and Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, and Cartago provinces, Costa Rica, all on the Caribbean slopes; also in the Golfo Dulce and Las Cruces areas of Pacific slope Costa Rica (Puntarenas Province); Cerro Campana, Pacific slope Panama.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) schizodactyla group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336; formerly in the Bolitoglossa striatula group. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 131. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 253, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.
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