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Dendrotriton megarhinus (Longnose bromeliad salamander)

Synonyms: Chiropterotriton megarhinus
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

Dendrotriton megarhinus is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Chiapas, Mexico, where it is only known from the Cerro Tres Picos at elevations of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl. Its natural habitat is cloud forest where it lives in bromeliads. There are no direct threats to this species but its small range renders it vulnerable to stochastic events. It is protected by law in Mexico and occurs in the La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve.
View Wikipedia Record: Dendrotriton megarhinus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Dendrotriton megarhinus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
57
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 20.48
EDGE Score: 4.45
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sierra Madre de Chiapas moist forest Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve 413432 Chiapas, Mexico      
Terrenos Enc Municipios La Concordia, Angel Albino Corzo, Villaflores y Jiquipil Natural Resources Protection Area   Chiapas, Mexico      

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