Bolitoglossa

genus of amphibians

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.

Bolitoglossa
Bolitoglossa mexicana
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Bolitoglossa

Species

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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 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
Guerreran Climbing Salamander
B. hiemalis
Lynch, 2001 Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 2011-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
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[permanent dead link]
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 Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
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

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