Isthmura bellii
| Isthmura bellii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
| Genus: | Isthmura |
| Species: | I. bellii |
| Binomial name | |
| Isthmura bellii (Gray, 1850) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spelerpes bellii Gray, 1850 | |
Isthmura bellii (until recently, Pseudoeurycea bellii; common name: 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]
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]
References
- 1 2 3 Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken, Paulino Ponce-Campos (2010). "Pseudoeurycea bellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T59371A11923949. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ↑ 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.