Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Bolitoglossa > Bolitoglossa dofleini

Bolitoglossa dofleini (Giant palm salamander)

Synonyms: Bolitoglossa schmidti; Oedipus dofleini; Oedipus schmidti; Spelerpes dofleini

Wikipedia Abstract

Doflein's salamander (Bolitoglossa dofleini) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. An example ecoregion of occurrence is the Belizean pine forests. The species is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Bolitoglossa dofleini

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
42
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.9
EDGE Score: 3.46

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  9 inches (23.2 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  7 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bladen Branch Nature Reserve Ia 100225 Belize  
Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Reserve 117209 Izabal, Guatemala  
Chiquibul Forest Reserve VI 148670 Belize  
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0