Bolitoglossa oaxacensis Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2002

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

Bolitoglossa oaxacensis Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2002, J. Herpetol., 36: 361. Holotype: MVZ 158533, by original designation. Type locality: "9.2 km south of Sola de Vega, Oaxaca, México, approximatly 1800 m elevation, 16° 28′ 23″ N, 96° 59′ 50″ W".

Bolitoglossa (Oaxakia) oaxacensisParra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 335.

English Names

Atoyac Salamander (original publication; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 29).

Atoyac Mushroomtongue Salamander ( Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 783).

Distribution

Humid oak-pine and pine forest in the Sierra Madre del Sur, specifically from the mountains south of Sola de Vega, to immediately south of the Atoyac River Basin, in the vicinity of Puerto Portillo, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1800 to 2500 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Mexico

Endemic: Mexico

Comment

In the Bolitoglossa macrinii group according to the original publication, which now constitutes the subgenus Oaxakia according to Parra-Olea, García-París, and Wake, 2004, Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 81: 336. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 357, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 783–784, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map).

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