Tarahumara Salamander

Tarahumara Salamander
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: A. rosaceum
Binomial name
Ambystoma rosaceum
Taylor, 1941

The Tarahumara Salamander (Ambystoma rosaceum) is a species of mole salamander in the Ambystomatidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, pastureland, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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