Tarahumara Salamander | |
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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.