Bolitoglossa nigrescens (Taylor, 1949)
Magnadigita nigrescens Taylor, 1949, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33: 282. Holotype: KU 23816, by original designation. Type locality: "Boquete Camp (on highway between Millville [= Villa Mills] and San Isidro del General), [Cantón de de Pérez Zeledón, Provincia San José,] Costa Rica, elevation 6,000 feet." Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 81, commented on the type locality.
Bolitoglossa nigrescens — Hanken and Wake, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 275. Wake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) nigrescens — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
English Names
Cordillera Central Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Black Web-fotted Salamander (Hanken, Wake, and Savage, 2005, Copeia, 2005: 238).
Distribution
Northern and central portions of the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica, elevation 1650-3000 m.
Comment
Considered a valid species by Hanken and Wake, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 275. In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) schizodactyla group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. See account by Hanken, Wake, and Savage, 2005, Copeia, 2005: 227-245, where various populations previous confused with this species were named and delimited. See comments under Bolitoglossa magnifica, Bolitoglossa sombra, and Bolitoglossa obscura. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 251-252, provided a brief account and map.
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