Bolitoglossa salvinii (Gray, 1868)
Oedipus salvinii Gray, 1868, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 2: 297. Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.6.26 (formerly 1865.6.10.19h) according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 263. Type locality: "Guatemala".
Spelerpes salvinii — Müller, 1878, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 6: 579.
Oedipus carbonarius salvinii — Cope, 1879, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 18: 267.
Spelerpes attitlanensis Brocchi, 1883, Miss. Scient. Mex. Amer. Centr., Rech. Zool., 3(2, livr. 3): 115. Syntypes: MNHNP 6398 and 6499 according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 9; MNHNP 6398 is lectotype by implication due to consideration as holotype by Thireau, 1986, Cat. Types Urodeles Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Rev. Crit.: 16 (who regarded Guibé's syntype designations as in error); also so designated by García-París, Parra-Olea, Brame, and Wake, 2002, Rev. Esp. Herpetol., 16: 64. Type locality: "volcán d'Attitlan [= Atitlán]", Guatemala. Thireau, 1986, Cat. Types Urodeles Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Rev. Crit.: 16, quoted D.B. Wake as considering MNHNP 6398 to be a representative of Bolitoglossa salvinii and MNHNP 6499 to be a representation of Bolitoglossa flaviventris. Synonymy by D.B. Wake in Thireau, 1986, Cat. Types Urodeles Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Rev. Crit.: 16, via the lectotype designation.
Oedipus variegatus salvinii — Cope, 1887, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 32: 8.
Oedipus attitlanensis — Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 408. Description based on the specimen that was later to be the holotype of Bolitoglossa flaviventris (Schmidt, 1936)).
Oedipus salvinii — Dunn, 1926, Salamanders Fam. Plethodontidae: 405. Schmidt, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 147.
Bolitoglossa salvinii — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 219.
Bolitoglossa (Bolitoglossa) salvinii — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 335.
English Names
Salvin's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 11; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Distribution
Upper coastal plain and moderate elevations (600-1250 m elevation) of the Pacific slopes of southern Guatemala and El Salvador.
Comment
In the subgenus Bolitoglossa of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 335, formerly the Bolitoglossa mexicana group. Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 138, noted that records of Bolitoglossa salvinii from Costa Rica are based on Bolitoglossa striatula. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 244-245, 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: 565.
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