Delicate-skinned salamander

Delicate-Skinned Salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Lissamphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: A. bombypellum
Binomial name
Ambystoma bombypellum
(Taylor, 1940)

The Delicate-Skinned Salamander (Ambystoma bombypellum) is an extremely rare Mole salamander species.

Description

The Delicate-Skinned Salamander was first described by herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor from a holotype found in 1939 near Rancho Guadalupe, 14 km. east of San Martín in the north-western Asunción province in Mexico.[1] It is until today the only habitat for this species. Introduced predatory fish and habitat destruction due to agriculture lead to a desiccation of the breeding ponds and to a severely decline of the population. It is a small terrestrial species of about 14.2 cm, with a brown dorsal coloration and a lighter underbelly. The head is flattened. Fingers and toes are unwebbed.

References

  1. Amphibian Species of the World - Ambystoma bombypellum


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