Oedipina tomasi McCranie, 2006

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Plethodontidae > Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae > Genus: Oedipina > Species: Oedipina tomasi

Oedipina (Oedopinola) tomasi McCranie, 2006, J. Herpetol., 40: 291. Holotype: USNM 562862, by original designation. Type locality: "near Sendero de Cantiles, Parque Nacional El Cusuco, 15° 30′ N, 88° 14′ W, 1800 m elevation, Departamento de Cortés, Honduras".

English Names

Cusuco Worm Salamander (Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 851).

Distribution

Cloud forest in the Parque Nacional El Cusuco, Departamento de Cortés, Honduras, 1780 to 1800 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Honduras

Endemic: Honduras

Comment

Apparently closely related to Oedipina gephyra according to the original publication. McCranie, 2007, Herpetol. Rev., 38: 36, summarized the departmental distribution in Honduras. Köhler, 2011, Amph. Cent. Am.: 82–90, compared this species with others from Central America and provided a map and photograph. Raffaëlli, 2013, Urodeles du Monde, 2nd ed.: 372, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. Raffaëlli, 2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World: 851, provided an account summarizing systematics, life history, population status, and distribution (including a polygon map). 

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