Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Bolitoglossa > Bolitoglossa helmrichi

Bolitoglossa helmrichi (Coban Mushroomtongue Salamander)

Synonyms: Magnadigita helmrichi; Oedipus helmrichi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Coban climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa helmrichi) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Guatemala.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Bolitoglossa helmrichi

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Bolitoglossa helmrichi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
42
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.9
EDGE Score: 3.46
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central American montane forests Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central American pine-oak forests Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 2338862 Izabal, Guatemala  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Range Map

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.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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