Oedipina carablanca

Oedipina carablanca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Oedipina
Species: O. carablanca
Binomial name
Oedipina carablanca
Brame, 1968

Oedipina carablanca (common name: Los Diamantes worm salamander) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica and only know from its type locality, Los Diamantes, near Guápiles, Limón Province.[2]

Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bolaños, F.; Wake, D & Savage, J. (2004). "Oedipina carablanca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Oedipina carablanca Brame, 1968". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 May 2014.


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