Bolitoglossa franklini (Schmidt, 1936)
Oedipus franklini Schmidt, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 159. Holotype: FMNH 21061, by original designation. Type locality: "Volcan Tajumulco, at 5600 feet altitude, on the trail above El Porvenir, [Department of] San Marcos, Guatemala".
Bolitoglossa nigroflavescens Taylor, 1941, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 27: 150. Holotype: USNM 111169, by original designation. Type locality: "Cerro Ovando, at an elevation between 5,OO0 to 6,000 feet", Chiapas, Mexico. Synonymy by Wake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 257-272.
Magnadigita nigroflavescens — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 218.
Magnadigita franklini — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 218.
Magnadigita brevipes Bumzahem and Smith, 1955, Herpetologica, 11: 74. Holotype: UIMNH 33694, by original designation. Type locality: "Región de Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico". Synonymy by Wake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 257-272.
Bolitoglossa nigroflavescens — Wake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.
Bolitoglossa brevipes — Wake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.
Bolitoglossa franklini — Wake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.
Bolitoglossa franklini franklini — Wake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 266.
Bolitoglossa franklini nigroflavescens — Wake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 266.
Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) franklini — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
English Names
Franklin's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa franklini: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 10; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).
Franklin's Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).
Franklin's Mushroomtongue Salamander ( Bolitoglossa franklini franklini: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 10).
Common Franklin's Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).
Blackbelly Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa franklini nigroflavescens: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 10).
Black-bellied Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).
Distribution
Intermediate elevation montane cloudforest along the Pacific slopes of southern Chiapas, Mexico, west into Guatemala along the same slope to Volcán Atitlán, 1800-2500 m elevation.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) franklini group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. According to Wake and Lynch, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 25: 57, Schmidt's (1936) records for Bolitoglossa franklini from Volcán Pacaya are based on specimens of Bolitoglossa morio. See comment under Bolitoglossa lincolni. Hybridizes with Bolitoglossa resplendens according to Wake, Yang, and Papenfuss, 1981 "1980", Herpetologica, 36: 335-345. Highton, 2000, in Bruce et al., Biol. Plethodontid Salamanders: 222, suggested on the basis of allozyme data that five species may be diagnosable within nominal Bolitoglossa franklini. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 266, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 558. Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo, and Brodie, 2010, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 200: 33, commented on the range.
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