Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Oedipina alfaroi Dunn, 1921, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 34: 144. Holotype: MCZ 6938, by original designation. Type locality: "Zent, [Cantón de Matina, Limón Province,] Costa Rica". Savage, 1974, Rev. Biol. Tropical, 22: 112, commented on the type locality.

Oedipus alfaroi — Dunn, 1924, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 12: 99.

Oedipina alfaroi — Taylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 226.

Oedipina (Oedipina) alfaroi — García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 60.

English Names

Limon Worm Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32).

Distribution

Caribbean drainage of Limón Province, Costa Rica and Bocas del Toro Province, northwestern Panama, 19-850 m elevation.

Comment

See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 150-151. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 288, provided a brief account 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: 579.

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