Cope's climbing salamander

Cope's climbing salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Bolitoglossa
Species: B. morio
Binomial name
Bolitoglossa morio
Cope, 1869
Synonyms

Spelerpes Bocourti Brocchi, 1883

Cope's climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa morio) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to Guatemala. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Manuel Acevedo, David Wake, Ted papenfuss, Carlos Vasquez, Sean Rovito and Paul Elias 2004. Bolitoglossa morio. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
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