Oedipina grandis Brame and Duellman, 1970
Oedipina grandis Brame and Duellman, 1970, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 201: 1. Holotype: KU 116676, by original designation. Type locality: "northern slopes of Cerro Pando, between 1810 and 1930 meters elevation (5937-6330 feet), Provincia de Bocas del Toro, extreme western Panamá near the border with Costa Rica".
Oedipina (Oedipina) grandis — García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 60.
English Names
Cerro Pando Worm Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 32).
Distribution
Humid lower montane areas of the Cordillera de Talamanca in extreme southern Costa Rica and immediately adjacent western Panama, 1810-1950 m elevation.
Comment
See Lips, 1993, Herpetol. Rev., 24: 107, for Costa Rica record. See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 153-154. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 287, provided a brief account and map. 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: 580.
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