Cope's climbing salamander

Cope's climbing salamander
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Bolitoglossa
Species:	B. morio
Binomial name
	Bolitoglossa morio; (Cope, 1869)
Synonyms
	Spelerpes Bocourti Brocchi, 1883;

Cope's climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa morio) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Guatemala. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Manuel Acevedo, David Wake, Ted papenfuss, Carlos Vasquez, Sean Rovito and Paul Elias 2004. Bolitoglossa morio. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.

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[iucn-1] Manuel Acevedo, David Wake, Ted papenfuss, Carlos Vasquez, Sean Rovito and Paul Elias 2004. Bolitoglossa morio. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.