Bolitoglossa jacksoni Elias, 1984
Bolitoglossa jacksoni Elias, 1984, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 348: 7. Holotype: MVZ 134634, by original designation. Type locality: "Las Nubes sector of Finca Chiblac, approximately 12 km NNE of Santa Cruz Barillas, Depto. Huehuetenango, Guatemala, at about 1,400 melevation".
Bolitoglossa (Bolitoglossa) jacksoni — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 335.
English Names
Jackson's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).
Distribution
Only taken within 1 km of the type locality on the Caribbean escarpment of the western Vicinity of the type locality (Finca Chiblac, ca. 12 km north-northeast of Santa Cruz Barillas), Sierra Cuchumatanes, Departamento Huehuetenango, Guatemala, ca. 1400 m elevation.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa mexicana group, according to the original publication. In the subgenus Bolitoglossa of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 335, formerly the Bolitoglossa mexicana group. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 243, 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: 560.
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