Bolitoglossa Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Bolitoglossa

Bolitoglossa mexicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Bolitoglossa

Bolitoglossa is a genus of salamanders. They are also called tropical climbing salamanders and web-footed salamanders. They are part of the Plethodontidae family. They live in Central America and South America. They are terrestrial amphibians.

Species

117 species are currently assigned to this genus.

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
B. adspersa Peters, 1863	Peter's Climbing Salamander
B. alberchi García-París, Parra-Olea, Brame & Wake, 2002	Alberch's Salamander
B. altamazonica Cope, 1874	Nauta Salamander
B. alvaradoi Taylor, 1954	Alvarado's Salamander
B. anthracina Brame, Savage, Wake & Hanken, 2001	Coal-black Salamander
B. biseriata Tanner, 1962	Two-lined Climbing Salamander
B. borburata Trapido, 1942	Carabobo Climbing Salamander
B. bramei Wake, Savage & Hanken, 2007	Brame's Climbing Salamander
B. capitana Brame & Wake, 1963	Orphan Salamander
B. carri McCranie & Wilson, 1993	Cloud Forest Salamander
B. cataguana Townsend, Butler, Wilson & Austin, 2009
B. celaque McCranie & Wilson, 1993	Celaque Climbing Salamander
B. centenorum Campbell et al., 2010
B. cerroensis Taylor, 1952	Millville Climbing Salamander
B. chica Brame & Wake, 1963	Hotel Zaracay Salamander
B. colonnea Dunn, 1924	La Loma Salamander
B. compacta Wake, Brame & Duellman, 1973	Cerro Pando Salamander
B. conanti McCranie & Wilson, 1993	Conant's Salamander
B. copia Wake, Hanken & Ibáñez, 2005	El Cope Giant Salamander
B. cuchumatana Stuart, 1943	Oak Forest Salamander
B. cuna Wake, Brame, & Duellman, 1973	Camp Sasardi Salamander
B. daryorum Campbell et al., 2010
B. decora McCranie & Wilson, 1997	Monte Escondido Salamander
B. diaphora McCranie & Wilson, 1995	El Cusuco Salamander
B. digitigrada Wake, Brame & Thomas, 1982	Rio Santa Rosa Salamander
B. diminuta Robinson, 1976	Quebrada Valverde Salamander
B. dofleini Werner, 1903	Doflein's Salamander
B. dunni Schmidt, 1933	Dunn's Climbing Salamander
B. engelhardti Schmidt, 1936	Engelhardt's Climbing Salamander
B. epimela Wake & Brame, 1963	Tapanti Climbing Salamander
B. equatoriana Brame & Wake, 1972	Ecuadorian Climbing Salamander
B. eremia Campbell et al., 2010
B. flavimembris Schmidt, 1936	Yellow-legged Climbing Salamander
B. flaviventris Schmidt, 1936	Yellow-belly Climbing Salamander
B. franklini Schmidt, 1936	Franklin's Climbing Salamander
B. gomezi Wake, Savage & Hanken, 2007	Gómez's Web-footed Salamander
B. gracilis Bolaños, Robinson & Wake, 1987	Rio Quiri Salamander
B. guaramacalensis Schargel, García-Pérez & Smith, 2002	Guaramacal Salamander
B. hartwegi Wake & Brame, 1969	Hartweg's Climbing Salamander
B. heiroreias Greenbaum, 2004	Holy-Mountain Salamander
B. helmrichi Schmidt, 1836	Coban Climbing Salamander
B. hermosa Papenfuss, Wake & Adler, 1984	Guerreran Climbing Salamander
B. hiemalis Lynch, 2001	Winter Climbing Salamander
B. huehuetenanguensis Campbell et al., 2010
B. hypacra Brame & Wake, 1962	Paramo Frontino Salamander
B. indio Wake, et al., 2008
B. insularis Wake, et al., 2008
B. jacksoni Elias, 1984	Jackson's Climbing Salamander
B. kaqchikelorum Campbell et al., 2010
B. la Campbell et al., 2010
B. lignicolor Peters, 1873	Camron Climbing Salamander
B. lincolni Stuart, 1943	Lincoln's Climbing Salamander
B. longissima McCranie & Cruz, 1996	Longest Climbing Salamander
B. lozanoi Acosta-Galvis & Restrepo, 2001	Lozano's Salamander
B. macrinii Lafrentz, 1930	Oaxacan Climbing Salamander
B. magnifica Hanken, Wake & Savage, 2005	Magnificent Web-footed Salamander
B. marmorea Tanner & Brame, 1961	Crater Salamander
B. medemi Brame & Wake, 1972	Finca Chibigui Salamander

Binomial Name and Author	Common Name
B. meliana Wake & Lynch, 1982	Meliana Climbing Salamander
B. mexicana Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854	Mexican Climbing Salamander
B. minutula Wake, Brame & Duellman, 1973	Dwarf Climbing Salamander
B. mombachoensis Köhler & McCranie, 1999	Mombacho Salamander
B. morio Cope, 1869	Cope's Climbing Salamander
B. mulleri Brocchi, 1883	Muller's Climbing Salamander
B. nicefori Brame & Wake, 1963	San Gil Climbing Salamander
B. nigrescens Taylor, 1949	Cordillera Central Salamander
B. ninadormida Campbell et al., 2010
B. nussbaumi Campbell et al., 2010
B. nympha Campbell et al., 2010
B. oaxacensis Parra-Olea, Garcia-Paris & Wake, 2002	Atoyac Web-footed Salamander
B. obscura Hanken, Wake & Savage, 2005	Tapantí Giant Salamander
B. occidentalis Taylor, 1941	Southern Banana Salamander
B. odonnelli Stuart, 1943	O'donnell's Climbing Salamander
B. omniumsanctorum Stuart, 1952
B. oresbia McCranie, Espinal & Wilson, 2005	Zarciadero Web-footed Salamander
B. orestes Brame & Wake, 1962	Culata Climbing Salamander
B. pacaya Campbell et al., 2010
B. palmata Werner, 1897	Amazon Climbing Salamander
B. pandi Brame & Wake, 1963	Pandi Climbing Salamander
B. paraensis Unterstein, 1930	Para Climbing Salamander
B. peruviana Boulenger, 1883	Peruvian Climbing Salamander
B. pesrubra Taylor, 1952	Red-footed Climbing Salamander
B. phalarosoma Wake & Brame, 1962	Medellin Climbing Salamander
B. platydactyla Gray in Cuvier, 1831	Broadfoot Climbing Salamander
B. porrasorum McCranie & Wilson, 1995	Pijol Salamander
B. psephena Campbell et al., 2010
B. pygmaea Bolaños & Wake, 2009	Pygmy Web-footed Salamander
B. ramosi Brame & Wake, 1972	Ramos' Climbing Salamander
B. riletti Holman, 1964	Rilett's Climbing Salamander
B. robisoni Bolaños & Wake, 2009	Robinson's Web-footed Salamander
B. robusta Cope, 1894	Robust Climbing Salamander
B. rostrata Brocchi, 1883	Long-nosed Climbing Salamander
B. rufescens Cope, 1869	Northern Banana Salamander
B. salvinii Gray, 1868	Salvin's Salamander
B. savagei Brame & Wake, 1963	Savage's Salamander
B. schizodactyla Wake & Brame, 1966	Cocle Salamander
B. silverstonei Brame & Wake, 1972	Silverstone's Salamander
B. sima Vaillant, 1911	Northwestern Climbing Salamander
B. sombra Hanken, Wake & Savage, 2005	Shadowy Web-Footed Salamander
B. sooyorum Vial, 1963	Cordillera Talamanca Salamander
B. spongai Barrio & Fuentes, 1999	Azulita Salamander
B. striatula Noble, 1918	Cukra Climbing Salamander
B. stuarti Wake & Brame, 1969	Stuart's Stuart's Salamander
B. subpalmata Boulenger, 1896	La Palma Salamander
B. suchitanensis Campbell et al., 2010
B. synoria McCranie & Köhler, 1999	Cerro Pital Salamander
B. tatamae Acosta-Galvis & Hoyos, 2006	Tatama Climbing Salamander
B. taylori Wake, Brame & Myers, 1970	Taylor's Salamander
B. tica García-París, Parra-Olea & Wake, 2008	Tico Salamander
B. tzultacaj Campbell et al., 2010
B. vallecula Brame & Wake, 1963	Yarumal Climbing Salamander
B. veracrucis Taylor, 1951	Veracruz Salamander
B. walkeri Brame & Wake, 1972	Walker's Salamander
B. xibalba Campbell et al., 2010
B. yucatana Peters, 1882	Yucatán Salamander
B. zacapensis Rovito, Vásquez-Almazán & Papenfuss, 2010	Zacapa Salamander
B. zapoteca Parra-Olea, Garcia-Paris & Wake, 2002	Zapotec Salamander

Frost, Darrel R. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Bolitoglossa. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 29, 2008).
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Bolitoglossa. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 29, 2008).

Images for kids

Broadfoot Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa platydactyla), Municipality of Ocampo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (11 July 2005).

Bolitoglossa facts for kids

Species

Images for kids

See also