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Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis (Cuetzalan Salamander)

Synonyms: Pseudoeurycea quetzalanensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Cuetzalan salamander (Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis, formerly Pseudoeurycea quetzalanensis) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental in Puebla, Mexico. Its specific name refers to its type locality, Cuetzalan del Progreso. 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.
View Wikipedia Record: Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  2.839 inches (7.21 cm)

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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.
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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