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- Title
On the taxonomy of Oedipina stuarti (Caudata: Plethodontidae), with description of a new species from suburban Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Authors
SOLÍS, JOSÉ MARIO; ESPINAL, MARIO R.; VALLE, RONY E.; O'REILLY, CARLOS M.; ITGEN, MICHAEL W.; TOWNSEND, JOSIAH H.
- Abstract
We review the taxonomy and distribution of Oedipina stuarti in Honduras. Based on uncertainty related to the type locality, we restrict the taxon to the holotype, which we posit originated from a mine in the northern portion of the Department of Valle, Honduras. We subsequently describe a new species of Oedipina from Distrito Central, Departamento de Francisco Morazán, Honduras, based on newly collected material as well as one specimen previously designated as a paratype of O. stuarti. The new species is differentiated from all other members of the genus by having 19 costal grooves, 20 trunk vertebrae, 27-38 maxillary teeth, and 20-24 vomerine teeth, as well as by its phylogenetic relationships. Phylogenetic analysis suggests this species to be most closely related to O. ignea, O. motaguae, and O. stenopodia, three other members of the subgenus Oedipina known to inhabit dry deciduous forest habitats in Guatemala and Honduras.
- Subjects
TEGUCIGALPA (Francisco Morazan, Honduras); LUNGLESS salamanders; SPECIES diversity; CLASSIFICATION of amphibia; AMPHIBIAN phylogeny; MAXILLA
- Publication
Salamandra, 2016, Vol 52, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
0036-3375
- Publication type
Article