Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Oedipina > Oedipina alfaroi

Oedipina alfaroi (Limon Worm Salamander)

Synonyms: Oedipus alfaroi

Wikipedia Abstract

Oedipina alfaroi is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Oedipina alfaroi

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Oedipina alfaroi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
55
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 18.27
EDGE Score: 4.34
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  6 inches (15.5 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    
Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean mangroves Bahamas, United Kingdom Neotropic Mangroves

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
La Amistad International Park National Park II 541617 Panama, Costa Rica  
Palo Seco Protected Forest 414551 Panama    
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park World Heritage Site 1403176 Panama, Costa Rica  

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