Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
bigfoot splayfoot salamander
Common Names in Spanish:
Salamandra-pie plano patona
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It lives in caves and crevices in pine-oak forest
, and has also been
found in a tunnel under a church. It is terrestrial
and breeds
by
direct development
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 7 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)
- 7.1 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves
- 7.2 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Other Subterranean Habitats [more info]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Family:
diana 44 (21):
161-206, 1965.
L
()
- Subfamily:
Bolitoglossinae
()
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
()
- Genus:
Chiropterotriton
()
- Taylor, 1944
- Specific name:
magnipes
- Rabb, 1965
- Scientific name: - Chiropterotriton magnipes Rabb, 1965
- Specific name:
magnipes
- Rabb, 1965
- Genus:
Chiropterotriton
(
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
(
- Subfamily:
Bolitoglossinae
(
- Family:
diana 44 (21):
161-206, 1965.
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Marx, H. & G.B. RABB Relationships
and zoogeography
of the viperine snakes
(Family
Viperidae). Fieldiana 44 (21):
161-206, 1965.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
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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Further Reading
- Breviora. 1965 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 1, p. 2, p. 5, p. 7.
- Supplementary catalogue of type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History / Hymen Marx. 69 1976 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1976. url p. 38.
Notes
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, James Hanken 2008. Chiropterotriton magnipes. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30957
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208437
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208437
- IUCN ID: 199878
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 145246
Footnotes
- Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken 2008. Chiropterotriton magnipes. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
