Zapotec salamander

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Zapotec salamander
B. zapoteca in Oaxaca, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species:
B. zapoteca
Binomial name
Bolitoglossa zapoteca

The Zapotec salamander (Bolitoglossa zapoteca) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.

It is endemic to the eastern Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico, where it is known from two locations – near Quiegolani and on Cerro Piedra Larga, around 1,875 meters elevation. Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 435 km2.[1]

Its natural habitat is montane pine–oak forest and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Bolitoglossa zapoteca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59219A162668842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59219A162668842.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.