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Ambystoma altamirani (Mountain stream siredon)

Synonyms: Amblystoma altamirani; Ambystoma altamiranoi; Ambystoma zempoalaense; Rhyacosiredon altamirani; Rhyacosiredon zempoalaensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The mountain stream salamander or mountain stream siredon (Ambystoma altamirani) is a species of mole salamander that only lives in central México.
View Wikipedia Record: Ambystoma altamirani

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ambystoma altamirani

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
22
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
79
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 42.62
EDGE Score: 5.86
View EDGE Record: Ambystoma altamirani

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  4.528 inches (11.5 cm)
Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Mexican matorral Mexico Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cobio Chichinautzin Flora and Fauna Protection Area 92175 Mexico  
El Tepozteco National Park II   Morelos, Mexico      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

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