Dendrotriton rabbi
Dendrotriton rabbi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
Genus: | Dendrotriton |
Species: | D. rabbi |
Binomial name | |
Dendrotriton rabbi (Lynch and Wake, 1975) | |
Synonyms | |
Chiropterotriton rabbi Lynch and Wake, 1975 |
Dendrotriton rabbi (common name: Guatemalan bromeliad salamander) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.[2] It is endemic to Guatemala where it is known from the Montañas de Cuilco, near the Mexican border. Its range might extend to Mexico. Its natural habitat is forest at the subtropical-temperate forest transition zone. It occurs in bromeliads or under bark on tree stumps and logs. This species is threatened by habitat loss (forest clearance).[1]
References
- 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Dendrotriton rabbi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Dendrotriton rabbi (Lynch and Wake, 1975)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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