Salvin's salamander

Bolitoglossa salvinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species: B. salvinii
Binomial name
Bolitoglossa salvinii
Gray, 1868

Salvin's Salamander (Bolitoglossa salvinii) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in El Salvador and Guatemala. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, pastureland, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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