Bolitoglossa suchitanensis Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo, and Brodie, 2010

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

Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) suchitanensis Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo, and Brodie, 2010, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 200: 16. Holotype: UTA A-58421, by original designation. Type locality: "Volcán Suchitán, above Aldea Suchitán, Municipio Santa Catarina Mita, 1960 m, Jutiapa, Guatemala (14.403209° N, 89.779753° W) . . . . buried in moss on a log at about 1615 h near a rest stop on a hiking trail known locally as 'La Bandera'".

English Names

Suchitan Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 770).

Distribution

Known only from 1850 to 1990 m on Volcán Suchitán, Jutiapa, Guatemala, but probably occurring to the summit at 2042 m.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Guatemala

Endemic: Guatemala

Comment

In the Bolitoglossa (Magnadigita) morio group of Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo, and Brodie, 2010, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 200: 19. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 40–69, compared this species with others from Central America and provided a map and photograph. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 351, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 770, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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