Bolitoglossa hermosa Papenfuss, Wake, and Adler, 1984
Bolitoglossa hermosa Papenfuss, Wake, and Adler, 1984 "1983", J. Herpetol., 17: 295. Holotype: MVZ 143804, by original designation. Type locality: "4. 2 km (by road) E of Rio Santiago, elevation 825 m, Guerrero, Mexico".
Bolitoglossa (Oaxakia) hermosa — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 335.
English Names
Guerreran Mushroomtongue Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 10; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).
Guerreran Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).
Distribution
Río Atoyac drainage on the Pacific slope ofthe Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, 765-2465 m elev.
Comment
Formerly a member of the Bolitoglossa macrinii group which now constitutes the subgenus Oaxakia according to Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 335. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 272, provided a brief account and map.
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