Isthmura bellii

Isthmura bellii, commonly known as Bell's false brook salamander or Bell's salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and occurs mostly along the western and southern margins of the Mexican Plateau, with isolated populations elsewhere.[1][2]

Isthmura bellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Isthmura
Species:
I. bellii
Binomial name
Isthmura bellii
(Gray, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Spelerpes bellii Gray, 1850
  • Pseudoeurycea bellii (Gray, 1850)

Habitat

Its natural habitats are pine and pine-oak forests at high elevation, as well as forest edges and grazed areas. It tolerates habitat modification and is also found in degraded forests, coffee plantations, rural gardens, and close to urbanized and highly disturbed areas. This terrestrial species is typically found beneath logs, rocks, waste timber, brush piles, and within leaf litter. Once common, this species has disappeared from many places. The reasons for this decline are unclear, although habitat loss is occurring throughout its range.[1]

Behavior

Isthmura bellii is terrestrial and nocturnal.[3]

References
  1. Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken, Paulino Ponce-Campos (2010). "Pseudoeurycea bellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T59371A11923949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T59371A11923949.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Isthmura bellii (Gray, 1850)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. "AmphibiaWeb - Isthmura bellii". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2017-11-09.


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