Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Pseudoeurycea |
Species: | P. ahuitzotl
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl Adler, 1996
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Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl, commonly known as the imperial salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from its type locality, Cerro Teotepec ( Sierra Madre del Sur) in Guerrero, at about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl. [1] [2] It is known from open fir-pine-oak forest with bunchgrass. It seems to require fallen logs for hiding at the daytime. [1]
Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Pseudoeurycea |
Species: | P. ahuitzotl
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl Adler, 1996
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Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl, commonly known as the imperial salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from its type locality, Cerro Teotepec ( Sierra Madre del Sur) in Guerrero, at about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl. [1] [2] It is known from open fir-pine-oak forest with bunchgrass. It seems to require fallen logs for hiding at the daytime. [1]