Oedipina paucidentata

Oedipina paucidentata is an extremely rare or already extinct species of salamander from Costa Rica.

Features

The old animals reached a total length of 100-139 mm. The adult male had a standard length 44-52 mm, adult females a standard length 41-62 mm. The tail length took 59 to 66 percent, the head width 7.5 to 9.5 percent, the leg length from 7.8 to 10.1 per cent and the base width of 1.8 to 2.4 percent of the total length a. The body was very slender, and the legs were very short. The head was very narrow, the nose was short and rounded. Eyes, hands and feet were very small. There were 14-43 teeth in the upper jaw. The number of teeth on the vomer was 10 to 23 The fuselage was of 12 ½ to 15 furrows between the ribs flattened limbs segmented. The top was gray black, the underside gray.

Habitat and behavior

Oedipina paucidentata inhabited moist montane rain forests at altitudes up to 2286 m. He had a secret, and probably partially adapted to the ditch of life. The smallest cub found had a standard length of 28 mm.

Status

Oedipina paucidentata is known only from the type collection, the 1951 and 1952 near Cartago amassed Edward Harrison Taylor in the extreme northern Cordillera de Talamanca in the central region of Costa Rica. The IUCN classifies it into the category " Endangered" ( critically endangered ) a.