Pseudoeurycea lynchi

Pseudoeurycea lynchi
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Pseudoeurycea
Species: P. lynchi
Binomial name
Pseudoeurycea lynchi
Parra-Olea, Papenfuss & Wake, 2001

Pseudoeurycea lynchi is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the central Sierra Madre Oriental in Veracruz and Puebla states, Mexico. Its common name is Veracruz green salamander.[2]

This terrestrial salamander has direct development. Its natural habitats are cloud forests. It can be found in decaying wood, under bark of logs, under moss, and under pine logs, but it is often found off the ground. It can survive in degraded forest and rural gardens too.[1]

Despite being adaptable to some habitat degradation, extensive forest loss caused by agriculture, logging, and mining is threatening this species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, Jean Raffaelli, Mario García-París (2008). "Pseudoeurycea lynchi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Pseudoeurycea lynchi Parra-Olea, Papenfuss, and Wake, 2001". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 September 2014.