Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Chiropterotriton > Chiropterotriton arboreus

Chiropterotriton arboreus (Chiropterotriton arborea)

Synonyms: Bolitoglossa arborea; Chiropterotriton arborea
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The arboreal splayfoot salamander or arboreal flat-footed salamander (Chiropterotriton arboreus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico where it is found near its type locality near Tianguistengo in the Hidalgo as well as Mesa de Necaxa in the Puebla state, both in the Eastern Mexico. Its natural habitats humid pine-oak and cloud forests. It lives in bromeliads. It is threatened by habitat loss (deforestation and fragmentation).
View Wikipedia Record: Chiropterotriton arboreus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Chiropterotriton arboreus

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  2.953 inches (7.5 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests Mexico, United States Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Veracruz montane forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Zacualtipan de los Angeles Mexico

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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