Bolitoglossa medemi Brame and Wake, 1972
Bolitoglossa medemi Brame and Wake, 1972, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 219: 2. Holotype: LACM 42276, by original designation. Type locality: "Finca Chibiguí, approximately 76° 30′ W, 6° 15′ N, on the Río Arquía, Departamento de Antioquia, Colombia. Elevation approximately 300 m (980 ft)".
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) medemi — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
English Names
Finca Chibigui Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Distribution
The Darién and San Blas regions of Panama and the Chocó region of northwestern through western Colombia as far south as the state of Nariño.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) adspersa group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336; formerly in the Bolitoglossa medemi group of Wake and Lynch, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 25: 1-65. Rivera-Correa and Gutiérrez-C., 2007, Check List, 2(3): 77-78, provided a range extension in Colombia. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 262, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Mueses-Cisneros, Moreno-Quintero, and Cepeda-Quilindo, 2007, Check List, 3: 353-354, provided the Nariño, Colombia, record. 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: 561. Mueses-Cisneros and Moreno-Quintero, 2012, Herpetotropicos, Mérida, 7: 39-54, provided and additional record for Nariño, southwestern Colombia.
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