Bolitoglossa jugivagans Hertz, Lotzkat, and Köhler, 2013

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

Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) jugivagans Hertz, Lotzkat, and Köhler, 2013, Zootaxa, 3636: 465. Holotype: SMF 94467, by original designation. Type locality: "from the headwaters of Río Chiriquí Malí, approximately 5 km N of the La Fortuna dam reservoir (8.7890° N, 82.2154° W, 1060 m), Bosque Protector Palo Seco, Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé (formerly province of Bocas del Toro), Panama".  

English Names

Continental Divide Salamander (original publication).

La Fortuna Mushroomtongue Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 692).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in the headwater of the Río Chiriquí Malí, approximately 5 km north of the La Fortuna dam reservoir, Bosque Protector Palo Seco, Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé (formerly province of Bocas del Toro), Panama, 1060 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Panama

Endemic: Panama

Comment

Most closely related to Bolitoglossa robinsoni and Bolitoglossa aureogularis according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 323, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 692–693, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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