Pseudoeurycea naucampatepetl

Pseudoeurycea naucampatepetl is an extremely rare or already extinct salamanders of the genus Mexico Salamander ( Pseudoeurycea ) within the family of lung lots salamander. He is or was in the region of the Cofre de Perote volcano in the Mexican state of Veracruz endemic.

Features

Pseudoeurycea naucampatepetl has been known only by five copies. Of these, the largest male has a snout-vent length of 82.1 mm and the smallest a head -body length of 67.6 mm. The largest female has a snout-vent length of 82.9 mm. The length of the tail makes up 74 to 84 percent of the head-body length. The top is black, the underside is light gray. The head is characterized by two projecting pink spots. On the shoulder, two pink patches are followed by eleven pair of pink fins cream spots and an eye-catching U-shaped spot of the same color on the chest region. The head is broad. The long snout is broadly rounded. The eyes are prominent.

Habitat

The habitat is mixed forests with pine and oak stands and abundant grass vegetation at altitudes 2500-3000 m. The name Naucampatepetl is in the Nahuatl language, the name given to the Cofre de Perote Cerro. The type locality is in the vicinity of this mountain.

Way of life

Little is known about his life. This type is independent of waters, as it passes through no aquatiles tadpole stage, but instead finds a direct development of the eggs.

Status

The IUCN classifies this type into the category of extinction ( critically endangered ). The final proof comes from the 1980s, and despite intensive searches in the years 2003 and 2004 could no longer be re-discovered this salamander. The habitat in the type locality has been significantly affected severely degraded by deforestation, agricultural use (especially potatoes ) and the expansion of human settlements and.