Taxonomy

Species ID	020060
Name	Galliwasp
Other Common Names
Category	02 Amphibians
Phylum
Subphylum
Class	Amphibia
Subclass
Suborder
Family	Plethodontidae
Genus	Oedipina
Species	elongata
Subspecies
References	2
Scientific Synonyms	Oedipus elongatus, Schmidt, 1936

Distribution

DISTRICT	References
Cayo, Belize	1
Stann Creek, Belize	1

Administrative Unit	Occurrence	Abundance	Temporal	References
Slate Creek Preserve				1
Government land				1
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary				1

QUAD Distribution	References
17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00'	1
16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30'	1
16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45'	1

Comments on Distribution

2* Recorded from central Belize.

Habitat Associations

Food Habits

Comments on General Food Habits

2* They probably feed on small invertebrates.

References/Lifestage	Reference Numbers
General	2

Environmental Associations

References/Lifestage	Reference Numbers

Life History

Life History Narrative

Very little is known about the natural history of this seemingly rare species. According to Brame (1968:59), these salamanders live within rotting logs and beneath slabs of bark on fallen logs, where they probably feed on small invertebrates. A specimen was found beneath a rock in a parking lot at Palenque, Chiapas (D. B. Wake, pers. comm.). Sanderson (1941:155), who claimed that O. elongata is cannibalistic, related an incident in which a recently collected specimen regurgitated the remains of two smaller individuals of its own kind. I have examined the specimens in question and find Sanderson's account highly improbable. Presumably O. elongata lays terrestrial eggs that undergo direct development.

Life History References

2

Management Practices

References/Result	Reference Numbers

References

1  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
   Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.

2  Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatan
   Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.