Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Bolitoglossa > Bolitoglossa lignicolor

Bolitoglossa lignicolor (Camron Mushroomtongue Salamander)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Camron Climbing Salamander (Bolitoglossa lignicolor) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Bolitoglossa lignicolor

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
52
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.9
EDGE Score: 4.15
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  6 inches (16 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Panamanian dry forests Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
South American Pacific mangroves Colombia, Panama, Ecuador Neotropic Mangroves    
Southern Mesoamerican Pacific mangroves Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Mangroves    
Talamancan montane forests Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve 148204 Puntarenas, Costa Rica  
La Amistad International Park National Park II 541617 Panama, Costa Rica  

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.
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