Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bolitoglossa riletti Holman, 1964, Herpetologica, 20: 49. Holotype: UIMNH 52761, by original designation. Type locality: "3.5 miles south of Putla de Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico".

Magnadigita riletti — Smith, Langebartel, and Williams, 1964, Illinois Biol. Monogr., 32: 11.

Bolitoglossa riletti — Smith, 1966, in Smith and Taylor, Herpetol. Mexico: 5 (unnumbered).

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

English Names

Rilett's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 11; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).

Rilett's Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of Putla, Oaxaca, Mexico, 700-1030 m elevation.

Comment

Formerly in the Bolitoglossa macrinii group which now constitutes the subgenus Oaxakia according Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. See Papenfuss, Wake, and Adler, 1984 "1983", J. Herpetol., 17: 295-307, for discussion. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 272, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 564.

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