Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Bolitoglossa > Bolitoglossa salviniiBolitoglossa salvinii (Salvin's mushroomtongue salamander)Synonyms: Oedipus attitlanensis; Oedipus carbonarius salvinii; Oedipus salvinii; Oedipus variegatus salvinii; Spelerpes attitlanensis; Spelerpes salvinii Salvin's Salamander (Bolitoglossa salvinii) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is found in El Salvador and Guatemala.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, pastureland, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest.It is threatened by habitat loss. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 14.9 EDGE Score: 4.85 |
Adult Length [1] | 7 inches (16.7 cm) | Litters / Year [1] | 1 |
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Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Central American montane forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central American pine-oak forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
Yes |
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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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