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.
Species
This genus includes the following 40 species:[1]
Binomial Name and Author Common Name
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 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 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 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
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