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| Bolitoglossa colonnea (Dunn, 1924) |
Bolitoglossa colonnea is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. Salamander (orig from Persian: sām, "fire" and andarūn, "within" is the common name for a group of approximately 500 Species Lungless salamanders (family Plethodontidae) are distinguished from other families of Salamanders by the following traits No lungs It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria Montane is a biogeographic term which refers to highland areas located below the Subalpine zone It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present