Oedipina (Oedopinola) savagei García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 52. Holotype: LACM 109558, by original designation. Type locality: "Finca Las Cruces, 6 km S San Vito de Java, Prov. Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 8° 47′ 35″ N, 82° 57′ 30″ W, approximately 1200 m elev.".
Savage's Worm Salamander (original publication).
Known from the type locality (Escudo de Veraguas Island, Provincia Bocas del Toro, Panamá) and adjacent humid premontane slopes of southwestern Costa Rica, 1200-1400 m elevation.
See account by Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 150. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 285, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.
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