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Bolitoglossa carri McCranie & Wilson, 1993

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

-Photo by Justin Miles, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife- Clouded Salamander (Aneides ferreus) Adult clouded salamanders are generally brown with brassy patches on their backs and gray bellies. As salamanders age, the brassy back colors fade. The clouded salamander is one of the lungless salamander species; they breathe through their moist skin. Mature adults can grow to just over five inches in total length. Clouded salamanders prefer forest habitats or burned areas that provide large decaying logs or stumps, especially Douglas firs, where they can find burrows in the wood or spaces ju

-Photo by Justin Miles, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife- Clouded Salamander (Aneides ferreus) Adult clouded salamanders are generally brown with brassy patches on their backs and gray bellies. As salamanders age, the brassy back colors fade. The clouded salamander is one of the lungless salamander species; they breathe through their moist skin. Mature adults can grow to just over five inches in total length. Clouded salamanders prefer forest habitats or burned areas that provide large decaying logs or stumps, especially Douglas firs, where they can find burrows in the wood or spaces just under the bark to hide. They may also hide deep in rock crevices during dry and cold weather. During warm wet weather, clouded salamanders lie closer to the surface just beneath the top layer of debris.

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Open encyclopedia reference

The cloud forest salamander (Bolitoglossa carri) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

It is endemic to Honduras.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Wikipedia contributors, Cloud forest salamander; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:24:18.359558+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Bolitoglossa carri McCranie & Wilson, 1993
Name authority
McCranie & Wilson, 1993
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Caudata
Family
Plethodontidae
Genus
Bolitoglossa
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderCaudata
  10. familyPlethodontidae Gray, 1850
  11. subfamilyHemidactyliinae Hallowell, 1856
  12. genusBolitoglossa Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  13. speciesBolitoglossa carri McCranie & Wilson, 1993

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Bolitoglossa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Bolitoglossa compacta Wake, Brame & Duellman, 1973PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa robinsoni Bolaños & Wake, 2009PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa splendida Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños & Wake, 2012PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa flavimembris (Schmidt, 1936)PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa alberchi García-París, Parra-Olea, Brame & Wake, 2002PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa subpalmata (Boulenger, 1896)PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa veracrucis Taylor, 1951PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa mulleri (Brocchi, 1883)PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa awajun Cusi, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Brcko, Wake & von May, 2020PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa bolanosi Arias, Chaves & Parra-Olea, 2024PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa altamazonica (Cope, 1874)PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bolitoglossa alvaradoi Taylor, 1954PlethodontidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 371 records assigned to Plethodontidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=668250 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:MDNG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.