Tuesday, September 25, 2007

two new salamander species found in Central America


The
journal Copeia's September 2007 issue is reporting the discovery of 2 new plethodontid salamanders, Gomez’s Web-footed Salamander, Bolitoglossa gomezi and Brame’s Web-footed Salamander, Bolitoglossa bramei. Both species were collected in a extremely salamander rich area on the border of Costa Rica and Columbia.

Gomez's Web-footed Salamander
Image courtesy of Copeia

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