Bolitoglossa aureogularis Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012

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

Bolitoglossa aureogularis Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012, Zootaxa, 3309: 45. Holotype: UCR 19893, by original designation. Type locality: "along the Río Coén on the Trans-Talamancan trail near Cerro Arbo-lado (9.3925° N, 83.2119° W) at an elevation of 1680 m approximately 8 km N of the continental divide, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica".

Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) aureogularis — Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 692).

English Names

Yellow-throated Web-footed Salamander(original publication).

Yellow-throated Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 692).

Distribution

In the vicinity of the type locality on the Caribbean slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca, in cloud forest, cat 1680 and 2100 m elevation, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Costa Rica

Endemic: Costa Rica

Comment

In the Bolitoglossa robinsoni complex according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 322, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 692, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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