Delicate-skinned salamander

The delicate-skinned salamander (Ambystoma bombypellum) is an extremely rare species of mole salamander.

Delicate-skinned salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species:
A. bombypellum
Binomial name
Ambystoma bombypellum
(Taylor, 1940)

Description

The delicate-skinned salamander was first described by herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor from a holotype found in 1939 near Rancho Guadalupe, 14 km. east of San Martín in the north-western Asunción province in Mexico.[2] It is until today the only habitat for this species. Introduced predatory fish and habitat destruction due to agriculture lead to a desiccation of the breeding ponds and to a severely decline of the population. It is a small terrestrial species of about 14.2 cm, with a brown dorsal coloration and a lighter underbelly. The head is flattened. Fingers and toes are unwebbed.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). "Ambystoma bombypellum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59054A53973578. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. Amphibian Species of the World - Ambystoma bombypellum


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