Claudio Contreras / Broadfoot mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa platydactyla), Catemaco Lake, Los Tuxtlas Rainforest, Mexico, July

Lucas Bustamante / Ecuadorian salamander (Bolitoglossa equatoriana) silhouetted on leaf, Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador

Claudio Contreras / Broadfoot mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa platydactyla) reaching for upper leaf, Catemaco Lake, Los Tuxtlas Rainforest, Mexico, July

Claudio Contreras / Broadfoot mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa platydactyla), , Catemaco Lake, Los Tuxtlas Rainforest, Mexico, July

Claudio Contreras / Broadfoot mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa platydactyla), Catemaco Lake, Los Tuxtlas Rainforest, Mexico, July

Lucas Bustamante / Equatorial tropical climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa equatoriana) on wood, seen from above, Cuyabeno, Sucumbios, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Two-lined tropical salamander (Bolitoglossa biseriata) on leaf, Canande, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

Konrad Wothe / Nauta salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica) on a leaf, Panguana Reserve, Huanuca Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Nauta salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica) on a leaf, Panguana Reserve, Huanuca Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Nauta salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica) walking along a leaf, Panguana Reserve, Huanuca Province, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Nauta salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica) walking along a leaf, Panguana Reserve, Huanuca Province, Peru.

Alex Hyde / Ridge-headed salamander (Bolitoglossa colonnea) Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. The fleshy ridge running between the eyes distinguishes this from other salamander species found in Costa Rica...

MYN / JP Lawrence / Ecuadorian climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa equatoriana)San Jose de Payamino, Ecuador Meetyourneighbours.net project

Konrad Wothe / Tree salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica) Panguana Reserve, Huanuca province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Tree salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica) Panguana Reserve, Huanuca province, Amazon basin, Peru.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Peruvian climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa peruviana), Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Napo province, Amazon basin, Ecuador, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Daniel Nunez / Northern banana salamander (Bolitoglossa rufescens) resting on leaf, Finca Sacmoc, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Roman Willi / Camron climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa lignicolor) resting on a leaf, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Salvin's mushroom-tongue salamander (Bolitoglossa salvinii) portrait, Toledo Zoo. Captive, occurs in El Salvador and Guatemala.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Salvin's mushroom-tongue salamander (Bolitoglossa salvinii) portrait, Toledo Zoo. Captive, occurs in El Salvador and Guatemala.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Palm salamander (Bolitoglossa nympha) portrait, Toledo Zoo. Captive, occurs in Guatemala.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Peru mushroom tongue salamander (Bolitoglossa peruviana) portrait, Centro Jambatu, Quito, Ecuador. Captive.

Gil Wizen / Lungless salamander (Bolitoglossa sp.) crawling on a fallen leaf on the forest floor, Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras.