The use of the term ''type''in nomenclature may be misleading (Dubois, 2005b), and this term
is appropriately replaced by the term onomatophore (Simpson, 1940). There are different …

Mesoamerica, the area composed of Mexico and Central America, is the third largest of the
world's biodiversity hotspots. The Central American herpetofauna currently consists of 493 …

Geography plays a paramount role in many aspects of speciation, including the amount of
morphological and niche variation expected between sister species. Current species …

New salamanders of the genus Oedipina are described from the xeric Motagua Valley in
eastern Guatemala, the El Trifinio highlands near the Honduras/El Salvador borders, and …

We describe a new species of Oedipina (subgenus Oedopinola) from Parque Nacional Pico
Bonito in the central portion of the Cordillera Nombre de Dios in north-central Honduras. The …

Hynobiidae are a clade of salamanders that diverged early within the crown radiation and
that retain a considerable number of features plesiomorphic for the group. Their evolutionary …

The infectious disease chytridiomycosis caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis (Bd) is considered one of the main culprits causing major amphibian declines …

We review the taxonomy and distribution of Oedipina stuarti in Honduras. Based on
uncertainty related to the type locality, we restrict the taxon to the holotype, which we posit …

Amphibians are the most threatened terrestrial vertebrates on the planet and are iconic in
the global biodiversity crisis. Their global decline caused by the fungal agent …

We describe a new species of Oedipina (subgenus Oedipina) from premontane elevations
of three isolated mountains in northern Nicaragua. The new cryptic species differs in …