PLETHODONTIDAE Gray 1850

Mccranie, James R., 2015, A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed, Zootaxa 3931 (3), pp. 352-386 : 361-363

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FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE Gray 1850 View in CoL , 31

(5 genera, 7 subgenera, 38 species, 24 endemic species). Solís et al. (2014) did not use salamander subgenera in their list. McCranie (2009) had grouped the Honduran Bolitoglossa species into the subgenera recognized by Parra- Olea et al. (2004) and that arrangement is continued herein.

Bolitoglossa A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854 c, 88 (17 species, 9 endemic species)

Subgenus Bolitoglossa A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854 View in CoL c, 88 (3 species, 9 endemic species). This subgenus corresponds to the B. mexicana View in CoL species group used in the companion publications McCranie (2006) and McCranie & Castañeda (2007).

Bolitoglossa mexicana A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854 View in CoL c, 93

Bolitoglossa odonnelli View in CoL (Stuart 1943, 10). García-París et al. (2000) found two clades among the Honduran B. mexicana View in CoL complex specimens they studied using molecular data. One of those clades was identified as B. odonnelli View in CoL , but since there were no morphological characters to distinguish that clade from B. mexicana View in CoL , those authors recommended referring Honduran populations to a B. mexicana View in CoL complex . Subsequently, García-París et al. (2002) suggested calling those clades B. mexicana View in CoL and B. odonnelli View in CoL , thus, including both species in Honduras. Subsequent to the McCranie (2009) checklist there seems to be changes taking place among herpetologists in accepting molecular only definable species (i.e., Incilius porteri View in CoL for which no convincing morphological data has been provided to support the genetic data; Cerrophidion wilsoni , which cannot be diagnosed by a single morphological character [ Jadin et al. 2012]) from the remaining species recently separated from C. godmani ). Rovito (2009) studied various other populations of the B. mexicana View in CoL complex for his dissertation and also recovered two deeply divided and highly divergent clades within Honduran B. mexicana View in CoL (sensu lato) that he identified as B. mexicana View in CoL and B. odonnelli View in CoL . Neither McCranie (2009) nor Solís et al. (2014) mentioned B. odonnelli View in CoL .

Bolitoglossa striatula View in CoL (Noble 1918, 344)

Subgenus Magnadigita Taylor 1944 , 218 (12 species, 9 endemic species). This subgenus corresponds to the B. dunni View in CoL species group used in the companion publications McCranie (2006) and McCranie & Castañeda (2007), with the exception of one subsequently described species.

Bolitoglossa carri View in CoL (E) McCranie & Wilson 1993, 9

Bolitoglossa cataguana View in CoL (E) Townsend, Butler, Wilson & Austin 2009, 96

Bolitoglossa celaque View in CoL (E) McCranie & Wilson 1993, 11

Bolitoglossa conanti View in CoL (E) McCranie & Wilson 1993, 4

Bolitoglossa decora View in CoL (E) McCranie & Wilson 1997, 367

Bolitoglossa diaphora View in CoL (E) McCranie & Wilson 1995, 448

Bolitoglossa dunni View in CoL (K. Schmidt 1933, 16)

Bolitoglossa heiroreias Greenbaum 2004 View in CoL , 412

Bolitoglossa longissima View in CoL (E) McCranie & Cruz 1996, 195

Bolitoglossa oresbia View in CoL (E) McCranie, Espinal & Wilson 2005, 108

Bolitoglossa porrasorum View in CoL (E) McCranie & Wilson 1995, 132. Townsend et al. (2012) indicated that more than one genetic species was apparently involved under this nominal form.

Bolitoglossa synoria McCranie & Köhler 1999 View in CoL , 226

Subgenus Nanotriton Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake 2004 View in CoL , 335 (1 species). The single Honduran species in this subgenus was included in the B. rufescens View in CoL species group used by McCranie (2006; as B. rufescens View in CoL [Cope 1869, p. 104]) and its companion publication McCranie & Castañeda (2007).

Bolitoglossa nympha Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie 2010 View in CoL , 41. Rovito et al. (2012a, 2012b) and Townsend et al. (2012) have indicated that more than one species is involved in the B. rufescens View in CoL - B. nympha View in CoL complex .

Subgenus Pachymandra Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake 2004, 336 (1 species). The species included herein in Pachymandra clustered with species of the subgenus Magnadigita in the study of Campbell et al. (2010), but formed a separate clade named Pachymandra by Parra-Olea et al. (2004). Both studies were based on molecular data, but that of Parra-Olea et al. (2004) was much more thorough. Also, B. dofleini View in CoL differs significantly in external morphology from the remaining species in Magnadigita .

Bolitoglossa dofleini View in CoL (Werner 1903, 352)

Cryptotriton García-París View in CoL & Wake 2000, 58 (2 species, 1 endemic species). The recent surprising discovery of this genus in an apparently isolated population well to the east of the remaining known populations of Cryptotriton View in CoL in Honduras suggests that additional populations of this secretive genus await discovery in Honduras. One locality where this genus likely occurs is elevations above about 1500 m in the Cerro Azul National Park in Copán.

Cryptotriton nasalis View in CoL (Dunn 1924, 97). Solís et al. (2014) continued to recognize this species as a Honduran endemic, despite McCranie & Rovito (2014) having documented its presence in Guatemala ( Solís et al. 2014 cited that recent publication for the next species).

Cryptotriton necopinus View in CoL (E) McCranie & Rovito 2014, 63

Dendrotriton View in CoL Wake & Elias 1983, 11 (1 species, 1 endemic species)

Dendrotriton sanctibarbarus View in CoL (E) (McCranie & Wilson 1997, 111)

Nototriton View in CoL Wake & Elias 1983, 11 (7 species, 6 endemic species)

Nototriton barbouri View in CoL (E) (K. Schmidt 1936, 43). Townsend et al. (2012) indicated there is genetic evidence that more than one species is involved under this nominal form.

Nototriton brodiei Campbell & Smith 1998 View in CoL , 3

Nototriton lignicola View in CoL (E) McCranie & Wilson 1997, 369

Nototriton limnospectator View in CoL (E) McCranie, Wilson & Polisar 1998, 455

Nototriton mime View in CoL (E) Townsend, Medina-Flores, Reyes-Calderón & Austin 2013, 361

Nototriton picucha View in CoL (E) Townsend, Medina-Flores, Murillo & Austin 2011, 283

Nototriton tomamorum View in CoL (E) Townsend, Butler, Wilson & Austin 2010, 4

Oedipina Keferstein 1868 View in CoL , 331 (3 subgenera, 11 species, 7 endemic species)

Subgenus Oedipina Keferstein 1868 View in CoL , 331 (5 species, 2 endemic species)

Oedipina chortiorum Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell 2012 View in CoL , 237. Brodie et al. (2012) described this species from a locality in the Guatemalan portion of Cerro Montecristo. A series of morphologically similar salamanders is available from the Honduran side of Cerro Montecristo. DNA data from one of those Honduran specimens was reported on by García-París & Wake (2000; as Oedipina View in CoL sp. B). McCranie (2006) and the companion publication McCranie & Castañeda (2007), had identified those salamanders as O. ignea View in CoL . There is no reason to expect that the Honduran Cerro Montecristo species is not conspecific with those on the Guatemalan side of that same mountain range (although the Guatemalan locality for this species is in open pine forest [see Brodie et al. 2012, 238] and the Honduran locality assigned to O. chortiorum View in CoL were found in Mesic broadleaf forest). Therefore, this species is included in the Honduran herpetofauna herein for the first time (but also see comments for O. ignea View in CoL ).

Oedipina ignea Stuart 1952 View in CoL , 1. The Brodie et al. (2012) descriptions of O. chortiorum View in CoL and O. tzutujilorum View in CoL from Guatemala calls into question the identity of the Honduran salamanders previously identified as O. ignea View in CoL . There appear to be discrete differences between the salamanders from mesic broadleaf forest in Ocotepeque and those from open pine forests in Intibucá and La Paz (McCranie pers. observ.). Further morphological and genetic study of the Guatemalan topotypic O. chortiorum View in CoL and those of the Honduran Intibucá and La Paz populations (ca. O. ignea View in CoL ) would likely reveal that either the Ocotepeque populations or those from Intibucá and La Paz need a new name. Another nominal form to consider in this problem is the Brodie et al. (2012) description of O. tzutujilorum View in CoL from a mesic broadleaf forest on the Pacific versant of Guatemala). An unsuccessful effort was made during June 2013 to collect additional Oedipina View in CoL specimens from the Honduran pine forest populations for genetic study. Solís et al. (2014) did not mention the problems associated with the Brodie et al. (2012) description of O. chortiorum View in CoL , that had the effect of isolating the Honduran populations assigned to O. ignea View in CoL from those of Guatemala.

Oedipina leptopoda View in CoL (E) McCranie, Vieites & Wake 2008, 13

Oedipina stuarti View in CoL (E) Brame 1968, 47

Oedipina taylori Stuart 1952 View in CoL , 2. Brodie et al. (2012) concluded that more than one species is represented under this nominal form.

Subgenus Oeditriton McCranie, Vieites & Wake 2008, 6 (2 species, 2 endemic species)

Oedipina kasios View in CoL (E) McCranie, Vieites & Wake 2008, 11

Oedipina quadra View in CoL (E) McCranie, Vieites & Wake 2008, 6. Although not yet reported from Nicaragua, this species probably occurs in the lowland mesic forests of the northeastern portion of that country.

Subgenus Oedopinola Hilton 1946, 38 (4 species, 3 endemic species) Oedipina elongata View in CoL (K. Schmidt 1936, 165)

Oedipina gephyra View in CoL (E) McCranie, Wilson & Williams 1993, 385 Oedipina petiola View in CoL (E) McCranie & Townsend 2011, 62 Oedipina tomasi View in CoL (E) McCranie 2006, 291

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Caudata

Family

Plethodontidae

Loc

PLETHODONTIDAE Gray 1850

Mccranie, James R. 2015
2015
Loc

Oedipina chortiorum

Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell 2012
2012
Loc

Bolitoglossa nympha

Campbell, Smith, Streicher, Acevedo & Brodie 2010
2010
Loc

Bolitoglossa heiroreias

Greenbaum 2004
2004
Loc

Nanotriton Parra-Olea, García-París & Wake 2004

Parra-Olea, Garcia-Paris 2004
2004
Loc

Bolitoglossa synoria McCranie & Köhler 1999

McCranie & Kohler 1999
1999
Loc

Nototriton brodiei

Campbell & Smith 1998
1998
Loc

Oedipina ignea

Stuart 1952
1952
Loc

Oedipina taylori

Stuart 1952
1952
Loc

Magnadigita

Taylor 1944
1944
Loc

Oedipina

Keferstein 1868
1868
Loc

Oedipina

Keferstein 1868
1868
Loc

Bolitoglossa A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854

A.M.C. Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854
1854
Loc

Bolitoglossa mexicana A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854

A.M.C. Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854
1854
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