Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Oedipina > Oedipina alturaOedipina altura (Cartago worm salamander)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. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 18.27 EDGE Score: 5.73 |
Adult Length [1] | 5 inches (13.1 cm) | Litters / Year [1] | 1 |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Talamancan montane forests |
Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Los Santos Forest Reserve |
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138488 |
Costa Rica |
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Maya Multiple Use Area |
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1156412 |
Guatemala |
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Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites |
Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
Yes |
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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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