Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Bolitoglossa > Bolitoglossa striatula

Bolitoglossa striatula (Cukra Mushroomtongue Salamander)

Synonyms: Oedipus striatulus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cukra Climbing Salamander (Bolitoglossa striatula) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Bolitoglossa striatula

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.9
EDGE Score: 2.77
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  5 inches (13.7 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bosawás Biosphere Reserve National Resource Reserve VI 1808157 Nicaragua  
Sureste de Nicaragua Biosphere Reserve 1897053 Atlántico Sur, Nicaragua  

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