Pseudoeurycea juarezi

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Pseudoeurycea juarezi
Pseudoeurycea juarezi from Cerro Pelon, Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca 1.jpg
Pseudoeurycea juarezi from Cerro Pelon, Sierra de Juarez, Oaxaca 2.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Pseudoeurycea
Species:
P. juarezi
Binomial name
Pseudoeurycea juarezi
Regal, 1966

Pseudoeurycea juarezi is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to Mexico. [1] [2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

Phylogenetically, the species that are more closely related to P. juarezi are, in order of phylogenetic distance, P. saltator , P. aurantia , P. ruficauda , and P. jaguar . [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudoeurycea juarezi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T59382A53982579. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59382A53982579.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pseudoeurycea juarezi Regal, 1966". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001 . Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. 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.