Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Bolitoglossa > Bolitoglossa yucatana

Bolitoglossa yucatana (Yucatan salamander)

Synonyms: Oedipus jucatanicus; Oedipus yucatanicus; Oedipus yucatanus; Spelerpes yucatanicus; Spelerpus yucatanus
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The Yucatán Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa yucatana) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is found in Belize and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Bolitoglossa yucatana

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.9
EDGE Score: 2.77

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.173 inches (10.6 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Yucatán dry forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Dzilam de Bravo Wetland Reserve 149170 Yucatan, Mexico    
El Parque Estatal Lagunas de Yalahau Wetland Reserve   Yucatan, Mexico  
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  
Shipstern Nature Reserve IV 20453 Belize

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