Bolitoglossa diminuta Robinson, 1976
Bolitoglossa diminuta Robinson, 1976, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 89: 289. Holotype: UCR 5217, by original designation. Type locality: "Quebrada Valverde, a precipitous stream 8.8 km NE by road from the bridge crossing the Río Grande de Orosi near Tapanti, Cartago province, Costa Rica at an altitude of approximately 1555 m . . . The exact site of the stream was determined from aerophotos to be 9° 43′ 18″ N latitude and 83° 41′ 48″ W longitude".
Nototriton diminuta — Wake and Elias, 1983, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 11.
Bolitoglossa diminuta — Papenfuss and Wake, 1987, Acta Zool. Mexicana, N.S.,, 21: 14.
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) diminuta — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
English Names
Quebrada Valverde Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32).
Distribution
Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in lower montane rain forest, near Quebrada Valverde, near Tapantí, Cartago Province, on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica, 1300-1650 m elevation.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) schizodactyla group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336; in the Bolitoglossa subpalmata group according to Bolaños, Robinson, and Wake, 1987, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 35: 87-91. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 132. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 253-254, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 557.
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