Bolitoglossa franklini (Schmidt, 1936)

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

Oedipus franklini Schmidt, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 159. Holotype: FMNH 21061, by original designation. Type locality: "Volcan Tajumulco, at 5600 feet altitude, on the trail above El Porvenir, [Department of] San Marcos, Guatemala".

Bolitoglossa nigroflavescens Taylor, 1941, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 27: 150. Holotype: USNM 111169, by original designation. Type locality: "Cerro Ovando, at an elevation between 5,000 to 6,000 feet", Chiapas, Mexico. Synonymy by Wake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 257–272. Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 23, noted the current location of paratypes.

Magnadigita nigroflavescensTaylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 218.

Magnadigita frankliniTaylor, 1944, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30: 218.

Magnadigita brevipes Bumzahem and Smith, 1955, Herpetologica, 11: 74. Holotype: UIMNH 33694, by original designation. Type locality: "Región de Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico". Synonymy by Wake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 257.

Bolitoglossa nigroflavescensWake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.

Bolitoglossa brevipesWake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.

Bolitoglossa frankliniWake and Brame, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 386.

Bolitoglossa franklini frankliniWake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 266.

Bolitoglossa franklini nigroflavescensWake and Lynch, 1982, Herpetologica, 38: 266.

Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) frankliniParra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336.

English Names

Franklin's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa franklini: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 10; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 29).

Franklin's Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).

Franklin's Mushroomtongue Salamander ( Bolitoglossa franklini franklini: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 10).

Common Franklin's Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).

Blackbelly Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa franklini nigroflavescens: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 10).

Black-bellied Salamander (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).

Distribution

Intermediate elevation montane cloud forest along the Pacific slopes of southern Chiapas, Mexico, east into Guatemala along the same slope to Volcán Atitlán, 1800–2500 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Guatemala, Mexico

Comment

In the Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) franklini group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. According to Wake and Lynch, 1976, Sci. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 25: 57, Schmidt's (1936) records for Bolitoglossa franklini from Volcán Pacaya are based on specimens of Bolitoglossa morio. See comment under Bolitoglossa lincolni. Hybridizes with Bolitoglossa resplendens according to Wake, Yang, and Papenfuss, 1981 "1980", Herpetologica, 36: 335–345. Highton, 2000, in Bruce et al., Biol. Plethodontid Salamanders: 222, suggested on the basis of allozyme data that five species may be diagnosable within nominal Bolitoglossa franklini. 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: 558. Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo, and Brodie, 2010, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 200: 33, commented on the range. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 347, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 758–761, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map), and who noted that the name Bolitoglossa nigroflavescens is available for one of the five lineages covered by the current binominal. Tighe, 2022, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 654: 40, briefly discussed the current location of paratypes. 

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