Pseudoeurycea aquatica: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Caudata
Family
Plethodontidae
Genus
Pseudoeurycea
Species
Pseudoeurycea aquatica
Scientific Name
Pseudoeurycea aquatica

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pseudoeurycea aquatica

Pseudoeurycea aquatica, which has been given the common name of aquatic salamander is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from its type locality in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca near Totontepec Villa de Morelos, Oaxaca.

The natural habitat of Pseudoeurycea aquatica is cloud forest at about 2,100 m (6,900 ft) above sea level. It lives aquatically in streams, the only plethodontid salamander in Mesoamerica to do so. It is only known from three specimens collected in 1978, and the original habitat has been completely destroyed. Subsequent searches have been unsuccessful, and the species is likely to be extinct.

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Pseudoeurycea aquatica in languages:

English
Aquatic Salamander