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Chiropterotriton chiropterus (Chiropterotriton chiroptera)

Synonyms: Bolitoglossa chiroptera; Chiropterotriton chiroptera; Oedipus chiropterus; Spelerpes chiropterus; Spelerpes laticeps (pro parte)
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Wikipedia Abstract

The common splayfoot salamander or common flat-footed salamander (Chiropterotriton chiropterus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Huatusco–Xalapa region of Veracruz, Mexico. Several unnamed species might exist under this name. Its natural habitat is cloud forest where it occurs in bromeliads and moss. It is threatened by habitat loss (deforestation ).
View Wikipedia Record: Chiropterotriton chiropterus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Chiropterotriton chiropterus

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  3.543 inches (9 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Veracruz/Puebla Volcanoes Mexico

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
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