Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Aquiloeurycea > Aquiloeurycea cephalicaAquiloeurycea cephalicaSynonyms: Bolitoglossa cephalica cephalica; Bolitoglossa cephalica rubrimembris; Geotriton cephalicus; Magnadigita sulcata; Oedipus cephalicus; Oedipus manni; Oedipus sulcatus; Pseudoeurycea cephalica; Pseudoeurycea cephalica cephalica; Pseudoeurycea cephalica manni; Pseudoeurycea rubrimembris; Pseudoeurycea sulcata; Spelerpes cephalicus; Spelerpes sulcatum; Spelerpes sulcatus Aquiloeurycea cephalica (until recently Pseudoeurycea cephalica) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to central Mexico. It is a species complex. Aquiloeurycea cephalica are found in pine, pine-oak, fir, and cloud forests, and in the upper extent of lowland forest. They are commonly encountered beneath rocks, logs and other debris on the ground. The species tolerates some habitat change and occurs in forest edges, rural gardens, and small patches of forest in urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss. |
Adult Length [1] | 3.953 inches (10.04 cm) | Litters / Year [1] | 1 |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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