Bolitoglossa palmata (Werner, 1897)
Spelerpes palmatus Werner, 1897, Zool. Anz., 20: 266. Syntypes: NHMW, ZIUW, and ZSM; ZIUW q43 (now NHMW 22862) designated lectotype by Brame and Wake, 1962, Copeia, 1962: 173; this specimen renumbered as NHMW 22862, according to Häupl, Tiedemann, and Grillitsch, 1994, Kat. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 9: 17. Type locality: "Ecuador"; restricted to "'Cordillera', Ecuador" by Brame and Wake, 1962, Copeia, 1962: 174.
Bolitoglossa palmata — Brame and Wake, 1962, Copeia, 1962: 173.
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) palmata — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.
English Names
Amazon Mushroomtongue Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Distribution
Amazonian slopes of the Andes of Ecuador, from Caquetá, Colombia, to near the Peruvian border, 1600-2200 m elevation.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) adspersa group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. See account by Brame and Wake, 1963, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 69: 25. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 258, provided a brief account 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: 563. Acosta-Galvis and Gutiérrez-Lamus, 2012, Pap. Avulsos Zool., São Paulo, 52: 212, provided the first records from Caquetá, Colombia.
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