Bolitoglossa subpalmata (Boulenger, 1896)
Spelerpes subpalmatus Boulenger, 1896, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 18: 341. Syntypes: BMNH; including BMNH 1946.9.6.24 (formerly 1896.10.8.85) according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 267. Type locality: "La Palma", Costa Rica.
Oedipus subpalmatus — Dunn, 1924, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 12: 99.
Magnadigita subpalmata — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 218.
Bolitoglossa subpalmata — Wake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.
Bolitoglossa subpalmata subpalmata — Brame, 1967, Herpeton, California, 2: 19.
Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) subpalmata — Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 335.
English Names
La Palma Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 30).
Distribution
Humid lower montane and montane zones and marginally into the premontane belt on both slopes of the Cordillera de Guanacaste, Cordillera de Tilarán, Cordillera Central, and their outliers in central to nothern Costa Rica, 1245-2900 m elevation.
Comment
In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) subpalmata group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. See comment under Bolitoglossa pesrubra. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 139. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 248-249, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See García-París, Parra-Olea, and Wake, 2008, Herpetol. J., 18: 23-31, for comments on systematics. 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: 566.
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