Oedipina taylori

Oedipina taylori, commonly known as Taylor's worm salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found on the Pacific versant in south-eastern Guatemala, to central to north-eastern El Salvador and adjacent southern Honduras.[1][3] Honduran populations might represent another species.[1]

Oedipina taylori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Oedipina
Species:
O. taylori
Binomial name
Oedipina taylori
Stuart, 1952[2]

Etymology

The specific name taylori honors Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978), an American herpetologist.[4]

Description

Oedipina taylori was described by Laurence Cooper Stuart in 1952 based on a single specimen. This specimen—the holotype—is an adult male that measured 55 mm (2.2 in) in snout–vent length (SVL). Its tail is incomplete but is presumed to have been several times the SVL. The limbs are short, with partially webbed hands and feet. The coloration is gun-metal blue. It resembles Oedipina alfaroi but it has less webbing in the digits and a reduced number of vomerine teeth.[2]

Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitats probably are lowland and mid-altitude forests, but it has also been found in many man-made habitats, e.g., in the rubble of a collapsed shack and on a patio in a small town.[1] The holotype was found underneath a rotting log in an open forest.[2] It has been recorded at elevations of 140–1,140 m (460–3,740 ft) above sea level. It appears to tolerate some degree of habitat change and loss.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). "Oedipina taylori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T51061249A146697810. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. Stuart, L. C. (1952). "Some new amphibians from Guatemala". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 65: 1–9.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Oedipina taylori Stuart, 1952". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. pp. 331–332. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
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