Bolitoglossa guaramacalensis Schargel, García-Pérez, and Smith, 2002

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

Bolitoglossa guaramacalensis Schargel, García-Pérez, and Smith, 2002, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 115: 535. Holotype: MCNG A-2121, by original designation. Type locality: "Bocono-Guaramacal road, Quebrada El Pollo (9° 13′ N, 70° 10′ W), south slope of the Macizo de Guaramacal, 2400 m, Trujillo, Venezuela".

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

English Names

Holy-mountain Salamander (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 559).

Guaramacal Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 715).

Distribution

Cloud forest at 1900–2400 m elevation on the northern and southern slopes of the Macizo de Guaramacal, located in the northeastern range of the Merida Andes, Trujillo, Venezuela.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Venezuela

Endemic: Venezuela

Comment

Most similar to members of the Bolitoglossa adspersa group according to the original publication. In the Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) adspersa group of Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. 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: 559. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 334, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 131, for comments on range and literature. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 715, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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