Doflein's salamander

Doflein's salamander (Bolitoglossa dofleini) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. An example ecoregion of occurrence is the Belizean pine forests.[2] The species is threatened by habitat loss.

Doflein's salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species:
B. dofleini
Binomial name
Bolitoglossa dofleini
(Werner, 1903)

References

  1. Gustavo Cruz, Larry David Wilson, Randy McCranie, Manuel Acevedo, David Wake, Julian Lee, Ted Papenfuss, Franklin CastaƱeda, Sean Rovito, Jonathan Kolby 2010. Bolitoglossa dofleini. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
  2. C. Michael Hogan & World Wildlife Fund. 2012. Belizean pine forests. ed. M. McGinley. Encyclopedia of Earth. Washington DC


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