Bolitoglossa porrasorum

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Bolitoglossa porrasorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species:
B. porrasorum
Binomial name
Bolitoglossa porrasorum
McCranie  [ fr ] and Wilson, 1995 [2]

Bolitoglossa porrasorum is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the mountains of north-central Honduras. [1] [3] [4] Common name Pijol salamander has been proposed for this species [5] in reference to its type locality, Pico Pijol. [2] [3] The specific name porrasorum honors of Jorge Porras Ziuniga and Jorge Porras Orellana, father and son, who provided friendship and assistance to the describers of this species. [2] [5]

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Description

Adult males measure 41–58 mm (1.6–2.3 in) and adult females 52–62 mm (2.0–2.4 in) in snout–vent length; females are more robust than the relatively slender males. The snout is truncate. The tail is long but usually shorter than the snout–vent length. The limbs are slender and moderately long. The digits are discrete, bluntly rounded, bearing well developed subdigital pads, and moderately webbed. Coloration is very variable. The dorsal coloration is usually some shade of brown with gold mottling or large darker blotches. The ventral surfaces range from brownish to brownish with pale spots to largely pale. [2]

Habitat and conservation

Bolitoglossa porrasorum occur broadleaf cloud forest at elevations of 980–1,920 m (3,220–6,300 ft) above sea level. They live in arboreal bromeliads, on low vegetation, and on the ground under rotten plant material. Breeding involves direct development [1] (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage [6] ).

This species is locally abundant, but it is suspected to be decreasing because of habitat loss caused by agricultural development (including cattle ranching and coffee farming) and logging. It is present in the Pico Pijol National Park. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Bolitoglossa porrasorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T59197A54376039. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59197A54376039.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 McCranie, James R.; Wilson, Larry David (1995). "A new species of salamander of the Bolitoglossa dunni group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from northern Honduras". Herpetologica. 51 (2): 131–140. ISSN   0018-0831.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Bolitoglossa porrasorum McCranie and Wilson, 1995". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001 . Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bolitoglossa porrasorum". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 171. ISBN   978-1-907807-42-8.
  6. ↑ Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 166.
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