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Bolitoglossa jacksoni
Bolitoglossa jacksoni
Photographer: James Hanken
Collection: AmphibiaWeb

ID: 1111 1111 1111 2629 (2004-08-10)

Copyright © 2004 James Hanken

 
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  • date of photo  Sep 1975
  • this photo depicts an animal that was captive or collected
  • photo location   Berkeley, CA
  • animal's place of origin   cloud forest at El Rayo, near Finca Chiblac, Depto. Huehuetenango (Guatemala)
  • family Plethodontidae
  • order Caudata
  • class Amphibia
  • habitat  cloud forest
  • notes   This very rare species is known from only two specimens, the one adult photographed which later escaped, and the juvenile holotype. This is the most striking member of this large genus and was found in an isolated cloud forest fragment in northern Huehuetenango, Guatemala, where on the same day two other new species, that were later placed in two genera, were discovered.
  • photo category: Animal - Amphibian

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