Biology:Bolitoglossa borburata

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Short description: Species of salamander

Bolitoglossa borburata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species:
B. borburata
Binomial name
Bolitoglossa borburata
Trapido, 1942

Bolitoglossa borburata (Spanish: Salamandra Costera) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[2] It is also known as the Carabobo mushroomtongue.[3]

The Carabobo Mushroomtongue has a snout–vent length of 5.5cm and it is robust with a large and truncated snout, short limbs, and webbed fingers and toes.[4]

Sources

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Bolitoglossa borburata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59141A109541563. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59141A109541563.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59141/109541563. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Bolitoglossa borburata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59141A109541563. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59141/109541563. 
  3. "Bolitoglossa borburata". University of California, Berkeley, CA. https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Bolitoglossa&where-species=borburata&account=mol. Retrieved 16 May 2019. 
  4. Rafaelli, Jean. "Bolitoglossa borburata". University of California, Berkeley, CA. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/3956. Retrieved 16 May 2019. 

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