Amazon climbing salamander
| Amazon climbing salamander | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
| Genus: | Bolitoglossa |
| Species: | B. palmata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bolitoglossa palmata (Werner, 1897) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Spelerpes palmatus Werner, 1897[2] | |
The Amazon climbing salamander or Amazon mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa palmata) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes of Ecuador and southern Colombia.[3] Its natural habitats are cloud forests.[1][4] It is a rare species threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Manuel Morales, Ana Almendáriz 2004. Bolitoglossa palmata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
- ↑ Werner, Franz (1897). "Über einige noch unbeschriebene Reptilien und Batrachier". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 20: 261–267.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Bolitoglossa palmata (Werner, 1897)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2014). "Bolitoglossa palmata (Werner, 1897)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.04.2014. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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