Common splayfoot salamander

Common splayfoot salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Amphibia
Order:Urodela
Family:Plethodontidae
Genus:Chiropterotriton
Species: C. chiropterus
Binomial name
Chiropterotriton chiropterus
(Cope, 1863)[2]
Synonyms

Spelerpes chiropterus Cope, 1863
Spelerpes laticeps Brocchi, 1883

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 (deforestation ).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gabriela Parra-Olea; David Wake; James Hanken (2008). "Chiropterotriton chiropterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T59222A11901075. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Cope, E. D. (1863). "On Trachycephalus, Scaphiopus and other Batrachia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15: 43–54.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Chiropterotriton chiropterus (Cope, 1863)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 January 2016.


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