Check List 9(1): 83-91, doi: 10.15560/9.1.83
New distribution records and variation of the two common lowland salamanders Bolitoglossa colonnea (Dunn, 1924) and B. lignicolor (Peters, 1873) in Panama (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae)
expand article infoAndreas Hertz‡, Sebastian Lotzkat‡, Gunther Köhler‡
‡ Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Germany

Corresponding author: Andreas Hertz ( ahertz@senckenberg.de )

© 2017 Andreas Hertz, Sebastian Lotzkat, Gunther Köhler.
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Citation: Hertz A, Lotzkat S, Köhler G (2013) New distribution records and variation of the two common lowland salamanders Bolitoglossa colonnea (Dunn, 1924) and B. lignicolor (Peters, 1873) in Panama (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae). Check List 9(1): 83-91. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.1.83
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Abstract
We revise the geographic distribution of two common lowland salamanders in western Panama. We close the widest gap in the known distribution of Bolitoglossa colonnea with a first record for the province of Veraguas and extend its known vertical distribution to a third life zone. For B. lignicolor we present additional localities in the province of Chiriquí and the first record from Comarca Ngöbe-Buglé that close the gap between extreme western Panama and the Azuero Peninsula. We present morphological, molecular, and coloration data for both species.
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