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Bolitoglossa zacapensis Rovito, Vásquez-Almazán, and Papenfuss, 2010

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Bolitoglossa

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Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) zacapensis Rovito, Vásquez-Almazán, and Papenfuss, 2010, J. Herpetol., 44: 519. Holotype: MVZ 257806, by original designation. Type locality: "Finca Planada de Margot, 18.7 km (by road) from CA-9 at Aldea Las Pozas (km 143.5), Municipio Rio Hondo, Sierra de las Minas, Departamento de Zacapa, Guatemala, 1,660-m elevation, 15° 10′ 24″ N, 89° 30′ 26″ W (WGS84 datum)".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Currently known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the Departamento de Zacapa, Guatemala, 1600-1750 m elevation, but expected to occur more widely on the southern slope of the Sierra de las Minas.

Comment

In the Bolitoglossa helmrichii group according to the original publication.

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