Biology:Pseudoeurycea juarezi

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Short description: Species of salamander

Pseudoeurycea juarezi
Pseudoeurycea juarezi from Cerro Pelón, Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca 1.jpg
Pseudoeurycea juarezi from Cerro Pelón, Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca 2.jpg
Two color variants
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Pseudoeurycea
Species:
P. juarezi
Binomial name
Pseudoeurycea juarezi
Regal, 1966

Pseudoeurycea juarezi is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to Mexico.[1][2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Phylogenetically, the species that are more closely related to P. juarezi are, in order of phylogenetic distance, P. saltator, P. aurantia, P. ruficauda, and P. jaguar.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudoeurycea juarezi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59382A53982579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59382A53982579.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59382/53982579. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pseudoeurycea juarezi Regal, 1966". 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-juarezi. 
  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. 

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