Bolitoglossa pandi

Bolitoglossa pandi is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.[3][4] It is endemic to the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia and only known from three locations on the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental,[4] including its type locality, Pandi;[3] it is named after the type locality where it had been collected 50 years before being described as a new species in 1963.[2]

Bolitoglossa pandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species:
B. pandi
Binomial name
Bolitoglossa pandi
Brame and Wake, 1963[2]

Description

Bolitoglossa pandi was described based on a single specimen, the holotype, which is an adult female that measured 50.4 mm (1.98 in) in snout–vent length (SVL).[2] Individuals from a population in Supatá measured 15–53 mm (0.59–2.09 in) SVL; females were significantly larger than males.[5] Acosta-Galvis and Gutiérrez-Lamus (2012) give size range 44.7–50.4 mm (1.76–1.98 in) SVL for mature females.[6]

Habitat, ecology, and conservation

The species' natural habitats are moist montane forests[1] at elevations of 1,300–2,200 m (4,300–7,200 ft) above sea level.[4] Salamanders from a population in Supatá were observed foraging on shrubs and perched on leaves at night. During the day, they were found hiding in the leaf litter and in the axils of bromeliads. Adults we perched on taller plants than juveniles. Their diet consisted of arthropods, in particular mites, beetles, and ants.[5]

Bolitoglossa pandi is an uncommon species that is threatened by habitat loss and degradation caused by agriculture (both cultivation of crops and livestock farming). The habitat is severely fragmented.[1] The Supatá population lives in a small protected area.[5]

References
  1. Ramírez Pinilla, M.P.; Osorno-Muñoz, M.; Rueda, J.V.; Amézquita, A.; Ardila-Robayo, M.C. (2004). "Bolitoglossa pandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59192A11885166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59192A11885166.en.
  2. Brame, A. H., Jr.; Wake, David B. (1963). "The salamanders of South America". Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 69: 1–72. (B. pandi: pages 50–53)
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Bolitoglossa pandi Brame and Wake, 1963". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. Acosta Galvis, A. R.; D. Cuentas (2016). "Bolitoglossa pandi Brame & Wake, 1963". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V6.2016. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. Río-García, Jennifer S. Del; Serrano-Cardozo, Víctor H.; Ramírez-Pinilla, Martha P. (2014). "Diet and microhabitat use of Bolitoglossa cf. pandi (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia". South American Journal of Herpetology. 9 (1): 52–61. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-13-00031.1.
  6. Acosta-Galvis, Andrés R.; Gutiérrez-Lamus, Doris L. (2012). "A new species of salamander (Bolitoglossa: Plethodontidae) from the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 52 (18): 201–218. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492012001800001.
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