Cuetzalan salamander

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Cuetzalan salamander
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Aquiloeurycea
Species:
A. quetzalanensis
Binomial name
Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis
(Parra-Olea, Canseco-Márquez, and García-París, 2004)
Synonyms
  • Pseudoeurycea quetzalanensisParra-Olea, Canseco-Márquez, and García-París, 2004 [2]

The Cuetzalan salamander (Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental in Puebla, Mexico. [1] [3] Its specific name refers to its type locality, Cuetzalan del Progreso. [3] Its natural habitat is cloud forest, but it also occurs in coffee groves. It has been found in a range of micro-habitats, such as under moss in rock walls, under stones, inside and under rotten logs, and in leaf axils. It might be threatened by habitat loss caused by human settlements and tourist development. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T61911A53989722. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61911A53989722.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Parra-Olea; G., L. Canseco-Márquez; M. García-París (2004). "A morphologically distinct new species of Pseudoeurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Puebla, Mexico" (PDF). Herpetologica. 60 (4): 478–484. doi:10.1655/03-76. S2CID   86609693. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis (Parra-Olea, Canseco-Márquez, and García-París, 2004)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 May 2016.