Zapotec salamander | |
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B. zapoteca in Oaxaca, Mexico | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Bolitoglossa |
Species: | B. zapoteca
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Binomial name | |
Bolitoglossa zapoteca |
The Zapotec salamander (Bolitoglossa zapoteca) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae.
It is endemic to the eastern Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca, Mexico, where it is known from two locations – near Quiegolani and on Cerro Piedra Larga, around 1,875 meters elevation. Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 435 km2. [1]
Its natural habitat is montane pine–oak forest and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]