Biology:Aquiloeurycea scandens

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Aquiloeurycea scandens
Aquiloeurycea scandens, Tamaulipan False Brook Salamander, Tamaulipas.jpg
At El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Aquiloeurycea
Species:
A. scandens
Binomial name
Aquiloeurycea scandens
(Walker, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Pseudoeurycea scandens Walker, 1955[2]

Aquiloeurycea scandens, commonly known as the Tamaulipan false brook salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and known from the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in southern Tamaulipas.[1][3] There are also reports from San Luis Potosí and Coahuila, but these may well refer to other, as yet unnamed species.[3]

Its natural habitat is caves. Within the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve its habitat is well protected. It was once fairly common, but has not been seen after mid-1980s. Whether this reflects a genuine decline or low survey effort is not known.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Aquiloeurycea scandens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59396A53984265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59396A53984265.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59396/53984265. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Walker, C. F. (1955). "A new salamander of the genus Pseudoeurycea from Tamaulipas". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 567: 1–8. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/57005/OP567.pdf?sequence=1. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Aquiloeurycea scandens (Walker, 1955)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Aquiloeurycea/Aquiloeurycea-scandens. 

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