Bolitoglossa marmorea

• Overview
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It inhabits humid montane forest , and seems to spend the day under rocks, while at night it is found on mossy trunks and limbs of trees . It survives in degraded habitats . Breeding is by direct development and the species is not dependent upon water.


List of Habitats:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Mar-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Bolitoglossa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 109 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

B. adspersa · B. alberchi · B. altamazonica · B. alvaradoi (Alvarado's Salamander) · B. anthracina (Coal Black Salamander) · B. arborescandens · B. biseriata · B. borburata · B. capitana · B. carri · B. celaque · B. cephalica · B. cerroensis · B. chica · B. colonnea (Ridge-Headed Salamander) · B. compacta · B. conanti · B. copia (El Copé Giant Salamander) · B. cuchumatana · B. cuna · B. decora · B. diaphora · B. digitigrada · B. dimidiata · B. diminuta · B. dofleini (Giant Palm Salamander) · B. dunni · B. ecuatoriana · B. engelhardti · B. epimela · B. equatoriana · B. flavimembris · B. flaviventris · B. franklini · B. franklini franklini · B. franklini nigroflavescens · B. gadovii · B. gomezi · B. gracilis · B. guaramacalensis · B. hartwegi · B. heiroreias (Holy-Mountain Salamander) · B. helmrichi · B. hermosa (Guerreran Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. hiemalis · B. hypacra · B. jacksoni · B. lignicolor (Bark-Colored Salamander) · B. lincolni · B. longissima · B. lozanoi · B. macrini · B. macrinii (Oaxacan Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. magnifica (Magnificent Web-Footed Salamander) · B. marmorea · B. medemi · B. meliana · B. mexicana (Mexican Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. minutula · B. mombachoensis · B. moreleti · B. morio · B. mulleri · B. nicefori · B. nigrescens (Black Web-Footed Salamander) · B. nigroflavescens · B. oaxacensis · B. obscura (Tapantí Giant Salamander) · B. occidentalis · B. odonnelli · B. oresbia · B. orestes · B. palmata · B. palustris · B. pandi · B. paraensis · B. peruviana · B. pesrubra · B. phalarosoma · B. platydactyla · B. porrasorum · B. ramosi · B. resplendens · B. riletti (Rilett's Mushroomtongue Salamander) · B. robusta (Ringtail Salamander) · B. rostrata · B. rufescens · B. salvini · B. salvinii · B. savagei · B. schizodactyla · B. schmidti · B. silverstonei · B. sima · B. sombra (Shadowy Web-Footed Salamander) · B. sooyorum · B. spongai · B. striatula · B. stuarti · B. subpalmata

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Further Reading

• Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
• Ehmcke, J., Clemens, G. and Greven, H. 2003. Oviductal anatomy and histology of five species of Neotropical plethodontid salamanders (Urodela, Amphibia). Acta Biologica Benrodis 12(1-2): 1-17.
• Hanken, J. and Wake, D.B. 1982. Genetic diferentiation among plethodontid salamanders (genus Bolitoglossa) in Central and South America: Implications for the South American invasion. Herpetologica 38: 272-287.
• Ibáñez, R., Solís, F., Jaramillo, C. and Rand, S. 2000. An overwiew of the herpetology of Panama. In: J.D. Johnson, R.G. Webb and O.A. Flores-Villela (eds), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography and Conservation, pp. 159-170. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
• Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between two Continents, between two Seas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
• Tanner, W.W. and Brame, A.H. 1961. Description of a new species of salamander from Panama. Great Basin Naturalist 21: 23-26.
• Wake, D.B. 1987. Adaptive radiation of salamanders in Middle American cloud forests. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 242-264.
• Wake, D.B., Brame, A.H. and Duellman, W.E. 1973. New species of salamanders, genus Bolitoglossa, from Panama. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 248: 1-19.
• Young, B., Sedaghatkish, G., Roca, E. and Fuenmayor, Q. 1999. El Estatus de la Conservación de la Herpetofauna de Panamá: Resumen del Primer Taller Internacional sobre la Herpetofauna de Panamá. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Savage, J., Wake, D. & Chaves, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2476474
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208397
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208397
• IUCN ID: 59177
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 145099

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