Sierra de las Minas hidden salamander
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| Sierra de las Minas hidden salamander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Cryptotriton |
| Species: | C. sierraminensis
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| Cryptotriton sierraminensis Vásquez-Almazán, Rovito, Good, and Wake, 2009[2]
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The Sierra de las Minas hidden salamander (Cryptotriton sierraminensis) is one of seven species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. In 2009, it was the most recent species to be described in Cryptotriton. It is found in the Sierra de las Minas of eastern Guatemala.[3] Its natural habitat are cloud forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cryptotriton sierraminensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T190988A54385271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T190988A54385271.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Vásquez-Almazán, C. R.; Rovito, S. M.; Good, D. A.; Wake, D. B. (2009). "A new species of Cryptotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from eastern Guatemala". Copeia. 2009 (2): 313–319. doi:10.1643/CH-08-086. S2CID 46992620.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Cryptotriton sierraminensis Vásquez-Almazán, Rovito, Good, and Wake, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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