Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Bolitoglossa > Bolitoglossa orestes

Bolitoglossa orestes (Culata mushroomtongue salamander)

Synonyms: Bolitoglossa spongai

Wikipedia Abstract

Bolitoglossa orestes (common name: Culata mushroomtongue salamander; Spanish: salamandra meridena) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Mérida state of Venezuela.
View Wikipedia Record: Bolitoglossa orestes

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Bolitoglossa orestes

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
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  1.846 inches (4.69 cm)
Litter Size [1]  2,545
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Venezuelan Andes montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Las González Protective Zone 27725 Venezuela  
Mucujún Protective Zone 48062 Venezuela  
Río Capaz Protective Zone 112927 Mérida, Venezuela  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Sierra La Culata and Sierra Nevada National Parks and surrounding areas Venezuela

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela 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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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