Chinanteca salamander
Bolitoglossa chinanteca
Bolitoglossa chinanteca is an amphibian of the order Caudata ( Caudata ). It is known from a relatively small area in the Mexican province of Oaxaca.
Description
Bolitoglossa chinanteca part with up to 3.7 cm snout-vent length of adult salamanders of the smaller species of the genus of mushroom tongue salamander ( Bolitoglossa ). The tail length is also approximately 80 percent of the head-body length. The back color is orange - brown with small brown spots. The throat is pale yellow. The belly and the bottom of the legs are pale brown with a bright, cream-colored speckles.
Bolitoglossa chinanteca differs from all other Neotropical salamanders by the lack of a fold under the tongue. The feet are like fins, and have pronounced fully webbed. There are teeth on the jaw exist.
Occurrence
The species is only known from two areas in Mexico. These are the Sierra de Juárez between the settlement Vista Hermosa in approximately 1500 meters height and the Valle Nacional at Highway 175 and the Sierra Mixe at Santiago Zacatepec. The two areas are about 70 km apart. Presumably, the actual distribution is larger and the two well-known faces are connected. You would then cover an area of approximately 255 square kilometers.
Way of life
The species probably lives on trees. In disturbed habitats, such as roadsides or in plantations of the salamander was found on banana trees and other vegetation. This suggests that it can also be adapted to the Human-influenced areas. So far Bolitoglossa chinanteca but was found only in the vicinity of the indigenous forests where the type originally occurs. With their long spin tongue she starts as the other representatives of the mushroom tongue salamander insects.
System
Bolitoglossa chinanteca was first described in 2012 by Sean M. Rovito, Gabriela Parra - Olea, Dana Lee and David B. Wake. The species is placed in the subgenus Nano Triton within the genus Bolitoglossa. The species is named after the people of the Chinanteco who live in Santiago Comaltepec and San Pedro Yolox where most animals were found.