Oedipina
| Oedipina | |
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| Oedipina taylori | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
| Genus: | Keferstein, 1868 |
| Species | |
| See table. | |
Oedipina is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders). They achieve respiration through the skin and the tissues lining the mouth. Species of Oedipina are native to Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico. Their common name, worm salamanders, derives from the species' extraordinarily slender form with tiny limbs and digits. The genus was originally named Oedipus, but was renamed because the name Oedipus was already occupied.[1]: 157
Species
This genus includes the following 40 species:[2]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Oedipina alfaroi Dunn, 1921 | Limon worm salamander |
| Oedipina alleni Taylor, 1954 | Allen's worm salamander |
| Oedipina altura Brame, 1968 | Cartago worm salamander |
| Oedipina berlini Kubicki, 2016 | Berlin's flat-headed salamander |
| Oedipina capitalina Solís, Lemos-Espinal, Valle, O'Reilly, Itgen & Townsend, 2016 | Cerro Grande worm salamander |
| Oedipina carablanca Brame, 1968 | Los Diamantes worm salamander |
| Oedipina chortiorum Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell, 2012 | Chorti worm salamander |
| Oedipina collaris (Stejneger, 1907) | collared worm salamander |
| Oedipina complex (Dunn, 1924) | Gamboa worm salamander |
| Oedipina cyclocauda Taylor, 1952 | Costa Rican worm salamander |
| Oedipina ecuatoriana Reyes-Puig, Wake, Kotharambath, Streicher, Koch, Cisneros-Heredia, Yánez-Muñoz & Ron, 2020 | Ecuadorian worm salamander |
| Oedipina elongata (Schmidt, 1936) | white-crowned worm salamander |
| Oedipina fortunensis Köhler, Ponce & Batista, 2007 | Gustavo worm salamander |
| Oedipina gephyra McCranie, Wilson & K. Williams, 1993 | La Fortuna worm salamander |
| Oedipina gracilis Taylor, 1952 | slender worm salamander |
| Oedipina grandis Brame & Duellman, 1970 | Cerro Pando worm salamander |
| Oedipina ignea Stuart, 1952 | Chimaltenango worm salamander |
| Oedipina kasios McCranie, Vieites & Wake, 2008 | Muralla worm salamander |
| Oedipina koehleri Sunyer, Townsend, Wake, Travers, Gonzalez, Obando & Quintana, 2011 | |
| Oedipina leptopoda McCranie, Vieites & Wake, 2008 | narrow-footed worm salamander |
| Oedipina maritima García-París & Wake, 2000 | maritime worm salamander |
| Oedipina motaguae Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell, 2012 | Motagua worm salamander |
| Oedipina nica Sunyer & Wake, 2010 | Nicaraguan worm salamander |
| Oedipina nimaso Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños & Wake, 2012 | Nimaso worm salamander |
| Oedipina pacificensis Taylor, 1952 | Pacific worm salamander |
| Oedipina parvipes (W. Peters, 1879) | Columbian worm salamander |
| Oedipina paucidentata Brame, 1968 | El Empalme worm salamander |
| Oedipina petiola McCranie & Townsend, 2011 | |
| Oedipina poelzi Brame, 1963 | quarry worm salamander |
| Oedipina pseudouniformis Brame, 1968 | false Cienega Colorado worm salamander |
| Oedipina quadra McCranie, Vieites & Wake, 2008 | Honduran lowland worm salamander |
| Oedipina salvadorensis Rand, 1952 | |
| Oedipina savagei García-París & Wake, 2000 | Savage's worm salamander |
| Oedipina stenopodia Brodie & Campbell, 1993 | narrow-footed worm salamander |
| Oedipina stuarti Brame, 1968 | Stuart's worm salamander |
| Oedipina taylori Stuart, 1952 | Taylor's worm salamander |
| Oedipina tomasi McCranie, 2006 | Tomas' worm salamander |
| Oedipina tzutujilorum Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell, 2012 | Tzutujil worm salamander |
| Oedipina uniformis Keferstein, 1868 | Cienega Colorado worm salamander |
| Oedipina villamizariorum Reyes-Puig, Wake, Kotharambath, Streicher, Koch, Cisneros-Heredia, Yánez-Muñoz & Ron, 2020 | Villamizar's worm salamander |
References
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2. xiii + 244 pp.
- ^ Reyes-Puig C, Wake DB, Kotharambath R, Streicher JW, Koch C, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Ron S (2020). "Two extremely rare new species of fossorial salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Plethodontidae) from northwestern Ecuador". PeerJ. 8: e9934. doi:10.7717/peerj.9934. PMC 7534686. PMID 33062424.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Oedipina.
- Frost DR (15 July 2008). "Oedipina". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2. New York USA: American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- "Oedipina". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. Berkeley, California. 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.