Bolitoglossa helmrichi (Schmidt, 1936)
Oedipus helmrichi Schmidt, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 152. Holotype: FMNH 21063, by original designation. Type locality: "mountains above Finca Samac, west of Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, at 5000 feet altitude".
Oedipus helmrichi — Stuart, 1943, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 56: 15.
Bolitoglossa helmrichi — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 218.
Magnadigita helmrichi — Stuart, 1952, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 65: 5.
Bolitoglossa helmrichi — Wake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.
Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) helmrichi — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
English Names
Coban Mushroomtongue Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).
Distribution
Mountainous regions in cloudforest of southwestern Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, 1000-2000 m elevation.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) helmrichi group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336; formerly in the Bolitoglossa helmrichi group of Wake and Lynch, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 25: 1-65. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 265, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 638.
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