Bolitoglossa paraensis (Unterstein, 1930)
Oedipus paraensis Unterstein, 1930, Zool. Anz., 87: 271. Holotype: ZMB 32907, now lost, according to Bauer, Good, and Günther, 1993, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 69: 299. Type locality: "Sta. Isabel bei Para", Brazil.
Eladinea estheri Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937, O Campo, 8: 42. Syntypes: MNRJ 68 (4 specimens), according to Miranda-Ribeiro, 1955, Arq. Mus. Nac., Rio de Janeiro, 42: 407. Type locality: "Utinga", near Belém do Pará, Brazil. Synonymy with Bolitoglossa paraensis by Parker, 1939, Mem. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., Ser. 2, 2: 85-90; Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336; in the synonymy of Bolitoglossa altamazonica of Brame and Wake, 1963, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 69: 13.
Bolitoglossa paraensis — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 219.
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) paraensis — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 325.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Amazon Basin of Brazil.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) adspersa group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336, who removed it from the synonymy of Bolitoglossa altamazonica, where it had been placed by Brame and Wake, 1963, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 69: 13. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 259, provided a brief account, photograph, and map, and who suggested that the status of Eladinea estheri needed to be reevaluated.
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