Finca Chibigui salamander
| Finca Chibigui salamander | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Bolitoglossa |
| Species: | B. medemi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bolitoglossa medemi | |
The Finca Chibigui salamander (Bolitoglossa medemi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. The species is native to northwestern South America and adjacent southeastern Central America.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, medemi, is in honor of Federico Medem (1912–1984), who was a Colombian herpetologist of Baltic German descent.[2]: 139
Geographic distribution
[edit]Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Bolitoglossa medemi is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
Conservation status
[edit]Bolitoglossa medemi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Bolitoglossa medemi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T59178A54353739. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59178A54353739.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. xiii + 244 pp.
Further reading
[edit]- Brame, A.H., Jr.; Wake, D.B. (1972). "New Species of Salamanders (Genus Bolitoglossa) from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama". Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County (219): 1–34.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Bolitoglossa medemi, new species, pp. 2–9, Figures 1–2). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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