Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Hynobiidae > Afghanodon > Afghanodon mustersi

Afghanodon mustersi (Paghman mountain salamander)

Synonyms: Batrachuperus mustersi; Paradactylodon mustersi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Paghman stream salamander or the Afghani brook salamander (Paradactylodon mustersi) is a salamander endemic to Afghanistan. It inhabits cool highland streams. The total population is estimated at 1,000–2,000 adults. It is only found in an area of 10 km2. P. mustersi is known to reside in the Paghman Mountains in Afghanistan, where it lives in fast-running waters (the adults and the eggs or larvae in calmer, deeper water) which are formed from melting glaciers. Currently, it can only be found in cold water: it has only been found in water ranging from 0 to 14°C.
View Wikipedia Record: Afghanodon mustersi

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Afghanodon mustersi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
78
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 20.05
EDGE Score: 5.82
View EDGE Record: Afghanodon mustersi

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.961 inches (12.6 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  11 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow Afghanistan Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Paghman Mountains Afghanistan

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0