Deep divergences and extensive phylogeographic structure. Bolitoglossa platydactyla, commonly known as the broadfoot mushroomtongue salamander and broadfooted salamander, is a species of salamander in the family plethodontidae. It differs from all described species by the following combination of characters. It is endemic to mexico its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas. Neotropical salamanders of the bolitoglossa make up the largest genus in. After applying an integrative analysis, which included barcoding, morphology, and biogeography, we uncovered specimens that we. Widespread over the american tropics, these salamanders are found from northeastern mexico to the south american rainforest, and. This is your first entry to the taxa hierarchy display.
Wake, diversification and biogeographical history of neotropical plethodontid salamanders, zoological journal of the linnean society, volume 175, issue 1. A new species of bolitoglossa caudata, plethodontidae. They are also called tropical climbing salamanders and webfooted salamanders. Cytogenetics of the brazilian bolitoglossa paraensis. Molecular diversification of salamanders of the tropical. Their range is between northern mexico through central america to colombia, venezuela, ecuador, peru, northeastern brazil, and central bolivia. The bolitoglossa genus typically accounts for about 17 percent of all salamander species, and some experts consider bolitoglossa to be a supergenus of as many as genera. The two species of ixalotriton form a clade but their sister taxon is unclear. The number in parentheses following each name is a count of photos that exactly match the name. Mushroomtongue salamander bolitoglossa platydactyla flickr. Bolitoglossa is believed to be the largest genus of salamanders.
Habitat loss or degradation due to land cover change is regarded as one of the main drivers of amphibian decline. In common with other salamanders, however, they are not lovers of high. Bolitoglossa mexicana blackandgold salamander youtube. The closest relatives of bolitoglossa are in the genera plethodon and ensatina, due to similarities in. This page was last edited on february 2018, at 00. Diversification and biogeographical history of neotropical.
Most species in this genus are native to central america, though bolitoglossa species can also be found throughout tropical south america. An bolitoglossa in nahilalakip ha familia nga plethodontidae ilarom nga taxa. Detection of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians. We describe species from at least three subgenera of bolitoglossa, with. This salamander has been found on cardamom plants, which grow to 2.
We describe two new species of bolitoglossa from nicaragua. Effects of traditional agroecosystems and grazing areas on. Bolitoglossa platydactyla, commonly known as the broadfoot mushroomtongue salamander and broadfooted salamander, is a species of salamander in the. Its 124 assigned species represent around 20% of the living caudate species sessions, 2008. Recent studies have indicated the occurrence of five recognized species in the brazilian amazon rainforest. The habitats of the species in bolitoglossa are highly varied and range from arboreal to terrestrial iucn ssc. Wildscreen s arkive project was launched in 2003 and grew to become the worlds biggest encyclopaedia of life on earth. Bolitoglossa chucantiensis mesoamerican herpetology. The enormous geographical range of bolitoglossa, greater than that of any other genus of salamanders, extends from the atlantic region of south.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. Phylogenetic relationships among the salamanders of the. We assign the new species to bolitoglossa because it has fewer than 14 costal grooves and lacks a sublingual fold savage 2002, and to the subgenus eladinea based on mtdna sequence data. Lungless salamanders genus bolitoglossa tropical lungless salamanders introduction. Pdf two new species of salamanders genus bolitoglossa from. Three genera are involved in a paraphyletic to polyphyletic relationship with pseudoeurycea, and revisionary studies are in progress. The magnificent webfooted salamander bolitoglossa magnifica is a species of salamander in the plethodontidae family. Pdf on sep 29, 2014, abel batista and others published a new species of bolitoglossa amphibia. The plethodontid salamander genus bolitoglossa is, by far, the most speciesrich and diverse genus of salamanders. Populations of mexican plethodontid salamanders have been surveyed nonsystematically over the last 25 years. Others, members of the genus bolitoglossa, have extensively webbed forefeet and hindfeet with indistinct digits, allowing them to move across moist leaves and other smooth surfaces. Discover lifes page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of bolitoglossa robusta ringtail salamander discover life. The most southerlyranging salamanders in the world, bolitoglossa are found from mexico in the north to tropical south america beyond the amazon drainage.
Using the publically accessible database genbank, we downloaded. We present here the first cytogenetic data of a brazilian salamander, which may prove to be a useful by contribution to the. This page was last edited on 15 september 2017, at 01. Bolitoglossa robusta ringtail salamander discover life. Calphotos animals browse amphibian scientific names last updated. The cocle salamander bolitoglossa schizodactyla, also known as the cocle mushroomtongue salamander, is a species of salamander in the family plethodontidae. For this reason, we tentatively treat these three populations as belonging to b.
The magnificent webfooted salamander is classified as endangered en, considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. Diversification and biogeographical history of neotropical plethodontid salamanders. Plethodontid salamanders of genus bolitoglossa constitute the largest and most diverse group of salamanders, including around 20% of living caudate species. Bolitoglossa simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Although the phylomapper results reconstruct a central american origin for. The largest genus of salamanders, bolitoglossa plethodontidae, is widespread in tropical america, where. Bolitoglossa jugivagans is a small species with short legs and a long tail.
A new species of bolitoglossa amphibia, caudata from the. Bolitoglossa heiroreiasis a moderately large salamander svl 31. In costa rica, it is only known from the southeastern part of the country on the atlantic versant, whereas in panama it is more widespread and occurs also on the pacific versant. The chytrid fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis bd is a threat to the survival of amphibians worldwide, a situation that is compounded by several other factors. Two new species of salamanders genus bolitoglossa from. The supergenus bolitoglossa at present includes genera wiens et al. With the help of over 7,000 of the worlds best wildlife filmmakers and photographers, conservationists and scientists, featured multimedia factfiles for more than 16,000 endangered species. Magnificent webfooted salamander bolitoglossa magnifica. Pdf we describe two new species of bolitoglossa from nicaragua. A beautiful new yellow salamander, genus bolitoglossa caudata. Plethodontidae from eastern panama, with comments on. You can modify these specifications at any time by clicking the change items displayed button in the header. In this study, we analyze changes in alpha and beta diversity of amphibian communities found in five landcover types.
Browse invertebrate thumbnail photos click on a name below to see all the animal photos in the database that contain that name. A conventional giemsa staining, b cbanding pattern, c dapi staining. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. In this study, we determined the prevalence of bd and its relationship to biotic and abiotic variables for six amphibian communities in two cloud forest fragments and four coffee agroecosystems in central veracruz.
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