Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Chiropterotriton > Chiropterotriton chiropterusChiropterotriton chiropterus (Chiropterotriton chiroptera)Synonyms: Bolitoglossa chiroptera; Chiropterotriton chiroptera; Oedipus chiropterus; Spelerpes chiropterus; Spelerpes laticeps (pro parte) Language: Spanish 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 ). |
Adult Length [1] | 3.543 inches (9 cm) | Litters / Year [1] | 1 |
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Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
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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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