Biology:Isthmura gigantea

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Isthmura gigantea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Isthmura
Species:
I. gigantea
Binomial name
Isthmura gigantea
(Taylor, 1939)
Synonyms
  • Oedipus giganteus Taylor, 1939 "1938"[2]
  • Bolitoglossa gigantea (Taylor, 1939)
  • Pseudoeurycea gigantea (Taylor, 1939)

Isthmura gigantea, commonly known as the giant false brook salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and known from the eastern margins Sierra Madre Oriental between north-eastern Hidalgo and northern Puebla and central Veracruz near Xalapa.[1][3]

The natural habitat of this terrestrial species is the pine-oak/cloud forest interface at elevations of 1,000–2,000 m (3,300–6,600 ft) above sea level. It tolerates some habitat disturbance but is threatened from severe habitat loss from logging, mining, agriculture, and human settlement that is occurring within its range.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Isthmura gigantea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59380A53982283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59380A53982283.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59380/53982283. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. Taylor, E. H. (1938). "Concerning Mexican salamanders". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 25: 259–313. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1703. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/1703.  — N.b. The actual publication year was 1939.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Isthmura gigantea (Taylor, 1939)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Isthmura/Isthmura-gigantea. Retrieved 20 May 2016. 

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