Description
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Stout body. Coral red on the back, tail, and dorsal surfaces of limbs, and sometimes the fingers and toes. The red coloration may cover the entire back or may be reduced to a band. It may also be interspersed with a few black spots ringed by orange to gold. Sometimes a round red spot is present on each side of the head as well as red spots on the sides of the tail. The rest of the animal is a shiny jet-black (Raffaëlli 2007; Wake et al. 1980).Synonymous with Bolitoglossa resplendens (Elias 1984; Wake and Lynch 1988). Hybridizes with B. franklini in a narrow secondary contact zone, in disturbed habitat near the Volcán Tajamulco, Guatemala (Wake et al. 1980).
- Rovito, S., Parra-Olea, G., Vásquez-Almazán, C. R., Papenfuss, T. J., and Wake, D. B. (2009). ''Dramatic declines in neotropical salamander populations are an important part of the global amphibian crisis.'' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(9), 3231-3236.
- Wake, D. B., Lynch, J. F. (1976). ''The distribution, ecology, and evolutionary history of plethodontid salamanders in tropical America.'' Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin, 25(1), 1-75.
- Wake, D. B., Yang, S. Y., and Papenfuss, T. J. (1980). ''Natural hybridization and its evolutionary implications in Guatemalan plethodontid salamanders of the genus Bolitoglossa.'' Herpetologica, 36(4), 335-345.
- Wake, D. B., and Lynch, J. F. (1988). ''The taxonomic status of Bolitoglossa resplendens (Amphibia: Caudata) .'' Herpetologica, 44(1), 105-108.
Distribution and Habitat
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Central plateau of Chiapas (Mexico) and several mountainous areas of western Guatemala, including Volcán Tajumulco, the Montañas de Cuilco, and southwest and eastern Sierra de Los Cuchumatanes, as well as the upper slopes of the Guatemalan plateau near the Mexican border (Raffaëlli 2007). Occurs between 2,200 and 3,000 m asl, in interior upland forest (oak, oak-pine, or oak-pine cypress) and at the edges of clearings in cloudforest (Wake and Lynch 1976; Wake and Lynch 1988). Found terrestrially in low vegetation and under bark, but also in bromeliads (Raffaëlli 2007).
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
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Breeding is by direct development (Stuart et al. 2008).
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
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Bolitoglossa lincolni seems to be surviving where other salamander species in the department of San Marcos, Guatemala are not (Rovito et al. 2009). It can tolerate disturbed habitat but not completely open habitat (Acevedo et al. 2008), and appears to be more of a generalist than its sympatric congeners (Rovito et al. 2009). Occurs within at least one protected area, the Huitepec Ecological Reserve in Chiapas, Mexico (Stuart et al. 2008).
Lincoln's climbing salamander
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Lincoln's climbing salamander: Brief Summary
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Lincoln's climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa lincolni) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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