Bolitoglossa

(Bolitoglossa oresbia)

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Description

The type series consists of two adult females measuring 51 and 55 mm (2.0 and 2.2 in) in snout–vent length (SVL) and 92 and 104 mm (3.6 and 4.1 in) in total length.A subadult female measured 34 mm (1.3 in) SVL.The snout is truncate in dorsal aspect and rounded in profile.The tail is strongly constricted basally.The limbs are relatively slender and long;the digits are moderately webbed.The upper parts are grayish brown or brownish olive with small,inconspicuous,irregularly shaped buff-yellow spots.The ventral surface is uniformly buff-yellow (holotype) or brownish olive with buff-yellow blotches (paratype)

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Amphibia
Order:Caudata
Family:Plethodontidae
Genus:Bolitoglossa
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