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Oedipina savagei García-París and Wake, 2000

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

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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.".

English Names

Savage's Worm Salamander (original publication).

Distribution

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.

Comment

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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