Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
graceful splayfoot salamander
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It lives in bromeliads
in cloud forest
, occurring only in undisturbed
habitat
. It breeds
by direct development
and is not dependent
upon
water.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Bolitoglossinae
()
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
()
- Genus:
Chiropterotriton
()
- Taylor, 1944
- Specific name:
cracens
- Scientific name: - Chiropterotriton cracens Rabb, 1958
- Specific name:
cracens
- Genus:
Chiropterotriton
(
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
(
- Subfamily:
Bolitoglossinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Chiropterotriton
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. arboreus (Arboreal Splayfoot Salamander) · C. chondrostega (Gristle-Headed Splayfoot Salamander) · C. cracens (Graceful Splayfoot Salamander) · C. dimidiatus (Dwarf Splayfoot Salamander) · C. lavae (Pigmy Splayfoot Salamander) · C. magnipes (Bigfoot Splayfoot Salamander) · C. mosaueri (Cave Splayfoot Salmander) · C. multidentatus (Toothy Splayfoot Salamander) · C. priscus (Primeval Splayfoot Salamander) · C. terrestris (Terrestrial Splayfoot Salamander)
More Info
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- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Darda, D. 1994. Allozyme variation and morphological evolution among Mexican salamanders of the genus Chiropterotriton. Herpetologica 50: 164-187.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Rabb, G.B. 1958. On certain Mexican salamanders of the plethodontid genus Chiropterotriton. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan: 1-37.
- Ramirez-Bautista, A., Flores-Villela, O. and Casas-Andreu, G. 1982. New herpetological state records for Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society: 167-169.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake 2004. Chiropterotriton cracens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Parra Olea, G. & Wake, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30954
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668283
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668283
- IUCN ID: 199875
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 666651
Footnotes
- Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake 2004. Chiropterotriton cracens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
