Oedipina is a genus of lungless salamanders, which is characterized by their absence of lungs; they instead achieve respiration through their skin and the tissues lining their mouth. Species of Oedipina are endemic to Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico. The common name of worm salamanders derives from the species' extraordinarily slender form with tiny limbs and digits.
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| Oedipina taylori | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
| Genus: | Oedipina Keferstein, 1868 |
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Species edit
This genus includes the following 40 species:[1]
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| 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 Solis, Espinal, Valle, O'Reilly, Itgen, and Townsend, 2016 |
Cerro Grande worm salamander |
| Oedipina carablanca Brame, 1968 |
Los Diamantes worm salamander |
| Oedipina chortiorum Brodie, Acevedo, and 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 & 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 kasois McCrane, Vieites & Wake, 2008 |
Muralla worm salamander |
| Oedipina koehleri Sunyer, Townsend, Wake, Travers, Gonzalez, Obando, and Quintana, 2011 |
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| Oedipina leptopoda McCrane, Vieites & Wake, 2008 |
Narrow-footed worm salamander |
| Oedipina maritima García-París & Wake, 2000 |
Maritime worm salamander |
| Oedipina motaguae Brodie, Acevedo, and Campbell, 2012 |
Motagua worm salamander |
| Oedipina nica Sunyer, & Wake, 2010 |
Nicaraguan worm salamander |
| Oedipina nimaso Boza-Oviedo, Rovito, Chaves, García-Rodríguez, Artavia, Bolaños, and Wake, 2012 |
Nimaso worm salamander |
| Oedipina pacificensis Taylor, 1952 |
Pacific worm salamander |
| Oedipina parvipes (Peters, 1879) |
Columbian worm salamander |
| Oedipina paucidentata Brame, 1968 |
El Empalme worm salamander |
| Oedipina petiola McCranie and Townsend, 2011 |
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| Oedipina poelzi Brame, 1963 |
Quarry worm salamander |
| Oedipina pseudouniformis Brame, 1968 |
False Cienega Colorado worm salamander |
| Oedipina quadra McCrane, Vieites & Wake, 2008 |
Honduran lowland worm salamander |
| Oedipina salvadorensis Rand, 1952 |
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| 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, and 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 edit
- ^ Reyes-Puig C, Wake DB, Kotharambath R, Streicher JW, Koch C, Cisneros-Heredia DF, et al. (October 2020). "Oedipina (Plethodontidae) from northwestern Ecuador". PeerJ. 8: e9934. doi:10.7717/peerj.9934. PMC 7534686. PMID 33062424.
External links edit
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.
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