New species of large black salamander, genus Bolitoglossa (Plethodontidae) from western Panama

Publication information:

Brame, Savage, Wake, and Hanken. 2001. “New Species of Large Black Salamander, Genus Bolitoglossa (Plethodontidae) from Western Panama”. Copeia, Pp. 700-704

Abstract

A new species of plethodontid salamander is one of several large black species found in the Cordillera Talamanca-Baru of Panama and Costa Rica. Bolitoglossa anthracina sp. nov. differs from others in this group in having a very large number of maxillary teeth and a moderate number of vomerine teeth.