Bolitoglossa meliana Wake and Lynch, 1982
Bolitoglossa meliana Wake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 258. Holotype: MVZ 160736, by original designation. Type locality: "vicinity of Santa Rosa Pass, 9 km NE Santa Cruz del Quiché, El Quiché, Guatemala (elevation 2520 m)".
Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) meliana — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
English Names
Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Distribution
Known from several localities that span approximately 160 km along the predominantly east-west axis of the Chuacús--Minas mountain systems of central Guatemala at elevations from 1550-2730 m.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) franklini group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. Highton, 2000, in Bruce et al., Biol. Plethodontid Salamanders: 222, suggested that this species might be a composite of more than one species. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 267, 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: 561.
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