Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Spelerpes peruvianus Boulenger, 1883, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 5, 12: 165. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.6.16 (formerly 1874.8.4.103), according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 258. Type locality: "Moyobamba", 854 m elevation, Departamento de San Martín, Peru.

Oedipus peruvianus — Parker, 1939, Mem. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg., Ser. 2, 2: 87-89.

Bolitoglossa peruviana — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 219.

Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) peruviana — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.

English Names

Peru Mushroomtongue Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).

Distribution

Amazonian slopes of northern Peru and Ecuador.

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 altamazonica group of Wake and Lynch, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 25: 1-65. See accounts by Brame and Wake, 1963, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 69: 18, and Fugler and Walls, 1979, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 27: 1-5. Crump, 1978 "1977", Herpetologica, 33: 415-426, discussed diagnostic features and habitat preference. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 259-260, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.

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• For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
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• To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
• For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
• For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
• For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
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