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Issue: Vol. 2613 No. 1: 15 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2613.1.3
Page range: 29–39
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of worm salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Oedipina) in the subgenus Oeditriton from the highlands of northern Nicaragua

Museo Herpetológico de la UNAN-León (MHUL), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León, León, Nicaragua
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 VLSB, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, USA
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA, and Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano, Departamento de Francisco Morazán, Honduras
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA, and Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano, Departamento de Francisco Morazán, Honduras
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 VLSB, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, USA
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 VLSB, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, USA
Museo Herpetológico de la UNAN-León (MHUL), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León, León, Nicaragua
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Amphibia Oedipina nica sp. nov. mtDNA cyt b 16S Reserva Natural Cerro Datanlí-El Diablo Reserva Natural Cerro Kilambé Reserva Natural Macizos de Peñas Blancas

Abstract

We describe a new species of Oedipina (subgenus Oeditriton) from the highlands of north-central Nicaragua. The new species is most closely related to Oedipina kasios, a premontane species from north-central Honduras, and O. quadra, a lowland species from northern and eastern Honduras. It differs from O. kasios and O. quadra in molecular characters and by having a more slender habitus and fewer vomerine teeth. We also discuss the status of the additional populations of Oedipina from Nicaragua.

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