Biology:Pseudoeurycea jaguar
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Short description: Species of salamander
Pseudoeurycea jaguar | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Pseudoeurycea |
Species: | P. jaguar
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoeurycea jaguar Cázares-Hernández et al., 2022[1]
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Pseudoeurycea jaguar, or the jaguar salamander (Spanish: tlaconete jaguar), is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Veracruz, Mexico.[1][2]
Habitat
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests of the Sierra de Zongolica in Veracruz. At its type locality, it was found in Cupressus forests.[1]
Phylogenetics
It is genetically most similar to Pseudoeurycea ruficauda from the Sierra Mazateca of northern Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Both species belong to the Pseudoeurycea juarezi group, which also includes P. saltator and P. aurantia.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cázares-Hernández, Erasmo; Jimeno-Sevilla, H. David; Rovito, Sean M.; López-Luna, Marco Antonio; Canseco-Márquez, Luis (2022-10-20). "A new arboreal Pseudoeurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico". Vertebrate Zoology 72: 937–950. doi:10.3897/vz.72.e87275. https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/87275/. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pseudoeurycea jaguar Cázares-Hernández, Jimeno-Sevilla, Rovito, López Luna, and Canseco-Márquez, 2022". 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/Pseudoeurycea/Pseudoeurycea-jaguar.
Wikidata ☰ Q114811534 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoeurycea jaguar.
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