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Oedipina altura (Cartago worm salamander)

Wikipedia Abstract

Oedipina altura (common name: Cartago worm salamander) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is endemic to Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica. Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Oedipina altura

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
77
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 18.27
EDGE Score: 5.73
View EDGE Record: Oedipina altura

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  5 inches (13.1 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Talamancan montane forests Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Los Santos Forest Reserve 138488 Costa Rica  
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Cordillera de Talamanca Norte 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
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