Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Plethodontidae > Oedipina > Oedipina poelziOedipina poelzi (Quarry worm salamander)Oedipina poelzi (common name: quarry worm salamander) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.It is endemic to Costa Rica and found in the Cordillera de Tilarán, Cordillera Central, and Cordillera de Talamanca. Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest.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: 5.04 |
Adult Length [1] | 7 inches (18.1 cm) | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Nocturnal [1] | Yes |
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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 |
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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