Biology:Finca Chibigui salamander
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Finca Chibigui salamander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Bolitoglossa |
| Species: | B. medemi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bolitoglossa medemi Brame & Wake, 1972
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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
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
Bolitoglossa medemi is found in Colombia and Panama.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Bolitoglossa medemi is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
Conservation status
Bolitoglossa medemi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Bolitoglossa medemi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59178A54353739.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59178/54353739. 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
- 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. (Bolitoglossa medemi, new species, pp. 2–9, Figures 1–2). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Wikidata ☰ Q2210656 entry
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