.::::: Caudatas of the World - Plethodontidae - Bolitoglossa :::::.
Last update: 24 July, 2003

The largest genus of neotropical caudatas is without a doubt this genus numbering approximately 80 species

Bolitoglossa adspersa

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Bolitoglossa altamazonica

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Bolitoglossa alvaradoi

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Bolitoglossa arborescandens

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Bolitoglossa biseriata

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Bolitoglossa borburata

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Bolitoglossa capitana

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Bolitoglossa carri

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Bolitoglossa celaque

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Bolitoglossa cerroensis

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Bolitoglossa chica

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Bolitoglossa colonnea

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Bolitoglossa compacta

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Bolitoglossa conanti

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Bolitoglossa cuchamatana

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Bolitoglossa cuna

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Bolitoglossa decora

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Bolitoglossa diaphora

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Bolitoglossa digitigrada

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Bolitoglossa diminuta

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Bolitoglossa dofleini

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Bolitoglossa dunni

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Bolitoglossa engelhardti

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Bolitoglossa epimela

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Bolitoglossa equatoriana

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Bolitoglossa flavimembris

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Bolitoglossa flaviventris

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Bolitoglossa franklini

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Bolitoglossa gracilis

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Bolitoglossa hartwegi

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Bolitoglossa helmrichi

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Bolitoglossa hermosa Papenfuss, Wake & Adler, 1984

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Bolitoglossa hiemalis

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Bolitoglossa hypacra

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Bolitoglossa jacksoni

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Bolitoglossa lignicolor

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Bolitoglossa lincolni

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Bolitoglossa longissima

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Bolitoglossa lozanoi

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Bolitoglossa macrinii (Lafrentz, 1930)

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Bolitoglossa marmorea

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Bolitoglossa medemi

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Bolitoglossa meliana

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Bolitoglossa mexicana

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Bolitoglossa minutula

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Bolitoglossa mombachoensis

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Bolitoglossa morio

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Bolitoglossa muelleri

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Bolitoglossa nicefori

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Bolitoglossa nigrescens

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Bolitoglossa oaxacensis Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2002

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Bolitoglossa occidentalis

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Bolitoglossa odonnelli

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Bolitoglossa orestes

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Bolitoglossa palmata

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Bolitoglossa pandi

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Bolitoglossa peruviana

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Bolitoglossa phalarosoma

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Bolitoglossa platydactyla

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Bolitoglossa porrasorum

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Bolitoglossa ramosi

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Bolitoglossa riletti Holman, 1964

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Bolitoglossa robusta

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Bolitoglossa rostrata

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Bolitoglossa rufescens

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Bolitoglossa salvinii

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Bolitoglossa savagei

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Bolitoglossa schizodactyla

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Bolitoglossa silverstonei

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Bolitoglossa sima

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Bolitoglossa sooyorum

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Bolitoglossa spongai

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Bolitoglossa striatula

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Bolitoglossa stuarti

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Bolitoglossa subpalmata

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Bolitoglossa synoria

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Bolitoglossa taylori

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Bolitoglossa vallecula

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Bolitoglossa veracrucis

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Bolitoglossa walkeri

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Bolitoglossa yucatana

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Bolitoglossa zapoteca Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake, 2002

Distribution: Mexico.
Literature
Adler, K. 1996. The Salamanders of Guerrero, Mexico, with Descriptions of Five New Species of Pseudoeurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Occ. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Kansas, 17: 1-28.
Bille, T. 1991. Mellemamerikanske regnskovssalamandre, Bolitoglossa mexicana-gruppen. NHF, 34(7): 138-141.
Bille, T. 1998. Bolitoglossa hartwegi, en lungeløs salamander fra Mexico og Guatemala, med en notits om B. veracrucis-gruppen. NHF, 41(4): 87-91.
Bille, T. 2000. Bolitoglossa meliana. Antipredator Posture. Herpetol. Rev., 31(2): 97-98.
Bille, T. & H. Bringsøe. 1998. Zu Brutpflege und Wachstum bei Bolitoglossa mexicana (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Salamandra, 34(3): 219-222.
 
García-París, M., G. Parra-Olea & D.B. Wake. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships within the lowland tropical salamanders of the Bolitoglossa mexicana complex. Pp. 199-214. in: Bruce, R.C., R.G. Jaeger & L.D. Houck (eds.). The Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders. Plenum Press, New York.
 
Lafrentz, K. 1930. Ein neuer Plethodont-Salamander aus Mexiko. Abh. Ber. Mus. Nat. Heimatk. Magdeburg, 6: 150-152.
 
Papenfuss, T.J., D.B. Wake & K. Adler. 1983. Salamanders of the Genus Bolitoglossa from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Southern Mexico. J. Herpetol., 17(4): 295-307.
Parra-Olea, G. & M. García-París. 1998. Bolitoglossa hartwegi. Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept., 641: 1-2.
Parra-Olea, G., M. García-París & D.B. Wake. 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships among the Salamanders of the Bolitoglossa macrinii Species Group (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species from Oaxaca (México). J. Herpetol., 36(3): 356-366.
 
Reichle, S., S. Lötters & M.M. Maldonado. 1999-2000 (2001). A southern range extension for salamanders: two records of Bolitoglossa (Plethodontidae) from Bolivia. Herpetol. Nat. Hist., 7(2):169-170.
Restrepo, A.E. & J.M. Hoyos. 1998. Musculatura de los miembros y de las cinturas en Bolitoglossa adspersa (Peters, 1863) (Urodela, Plethodontidae). Alytes, 16(1-2):25-49
 
 
Wake, D.B. & A.H. Brame, Jr. 1962. A New Species of Salamander from Colombia and the Status of Geotriton andicola Posada Arango. Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 49: 1-8.
Wake, D.B. & A.H. Brame, Jr. 1963. The Status of the Plethodontid Salamander Genera Bolitoglossa and Magnadigita. Copeia, 1963(2): 382-387.
Wake, D.B. & A.H. Brame, Jr. 1969. Systematics and Evolution of Neotropical Salamanders of the Bolitoglossa helmrichi Group. Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 175: 1-40.
Wake, D.B., A.H. Brame, Jr. & W.E. Duellman. 1973. New Species of Salamanders, Genus Bolitoglossa, from Panama. Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 248: 1-19.
Wake, D.B., A.H. Brame, Jr. & C.W. Myers. 1970. Bolitoglossa taylori, a New Salamander from Cloud Forest of the Serranía de Pirre, Eastern Panama. Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2430: 1-18.
Wake, D.B. & P. Elias. 1983. New Genera and a New Species of Central American Salamanders, with a Review of the Tropical Genera (Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 345: 1-19.
Wake, D.B. & J.F. Lynch. 1982. Evolutionary Relationships among Central American Salamanders of the Bolitoglossa franklini Group, with a Description of a New Species from Guatemala. Herpetologica, 38(2): 257-272.
Wake, D.B. & J.F. Lynch. 1988. The Taxonomic Status of Bolitoglossa resplendens (Amphibia: Caudata). Herpetologica, 44(1): 105-108.