Pseudoeurycea jaguar

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Pseudoeurycea jaguar
Pseudoeurycea jaguar from near El Mirador, Texhuacan, Veracruz.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Pseudoeurycea
Species:
P. jaguar
Binomial name
Pseudoeurycea jaguar
Cázares-Hernández et al., 2022 [1]

Pseudoeurycea jaguar, or the jaguar salamander (Spanish : tlaconete jaguar), is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Veracruz, Mexico. [1] [2]

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Habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests of the Sierra de Zongolica in Veracruz. At its type locality, it was found in Cupressus forests. [1]

Phylogenetics

It is genetically most similar to Pseudoeurycea ruficauda from the Sierra Mazateca of northern Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Both species belong to the Pseudoeurycea juarezi group, which also includes P. saltator and P. aurantia . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cázares-Hernández, Erasmo; Jimeno-Sevilla, H. David; Rovito, Sean M.; López-Luna, Marco Antonio & Canseco-Márquez, Luis (2022-10-20). "A new arboreal Pseudoeurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico". Vertebrate Zoology. 72: 937–950. doi: 10.3897/vz.72.e87275 . Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pseudoeurycea jaguar Cázares-Hernández, Jimeno-Sevilla, Rovito, López Luna, and Canseco-Márquez, 2022". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001 . Retrieved 27 November 2022.