Southern giant salamander

Southern Giant Salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Pseudoeurycea
Species: P. maxima
Binomial name
Pseudoeurycea maxima
Parra-Olea, García-París, Papenfuss & Wake, 2005

The Southern Giant Salamander or Salamandra Gigante De Putla (Pseudoeurycea maxima) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

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