Biology:Common splayfoot salamander
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Short description: Species of amphibian
| Common splayfoot salamander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Chiropterotriton |
| Species: | C. chiropterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chiropterotriton chiropterus (Cope, 1863)[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Spelerpes chiropterus Cope, 1863 | |
The common splayfoot salamander or common flat-footed salamander (Chiropterotriton chiropterus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Huatusco–Xalapa region of Veracruz, Mexico.[1][3] Several unnamed species might exist under this name.[3]
Its natural habitat is cloud forest where it occurs in bromeliads and moss. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by deforestation.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Chiropterotriton chiropterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T59222A53977923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59222A53977923.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59222/53977923. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Cope, E. D. (1863). "On Trachycephalus, Scaphiopus and other Batrachia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 43–54. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84759#page/66/mode/1up.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Chiropterotriton chiropterus (Cope, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Hemidactyliinae/Chiropterotriton/Chiropterotriton-chiropterus. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q2211643 entry
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