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Pseudoeurycea cephalica cephalica

Juvenile, 8,000′, Veracruz, Mexico (2003)

CHUNKY SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea cephalica – Cope 1865
Pseudoeurycea cephalica cephalica – Cope 1865

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Cloud Forest Habitat, 7,292′, Veracruz, Mexico

Same locality during dry season, May 2003

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In the unseasonably dry May of 2003, I found a single individual of Pseudoeurycea cephalica cephalica near Las Vigas, Veracruz. It was along the highway beneath a small [...]

February 16th, 2006 | Category: Pseudoeurycea | Comments are closed

Pseudoeurycea scandens

Adult, 4,700′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Adult, 4,700′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

TAMAULIPAS CAVE SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea scandens – Walker 1955

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Cloud Forest Habitat around cave microhabitat, 4,700′, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Photo taken in dry season)

Cloud Forest, 4,800′, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Cave Microhabitat, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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February 16th, 2006 | Category: Pseudoeurycea | Comments are closed

Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii

MONTERREY ENSATINA
Ensatina eschscholtzii – Gray 1850
Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii – Gray 1850

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In Baja California, this species has only been recorded as far south as La Mision (near Ensenada). It probably occurs farther south in the foothills of the Sierra Juarez and possibly even into the foothills of the Sierra San Pedro Martír. In either mountain range [...]

February 16th, 2006 | Category: Ensatina | Comments are closed

Ensatina klauberi

Orange-Phase Adult, 4,500′, San Diego Co., California

Albino Adult, 4,500′, San Diego Co., California

LARGE-BLOTCHED ENSATINA
Ensatina klauberi – Dunn 1929

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In Mexico, Ensatina klauberi is found at high (and possibly mid elevations) in the Sierra San Pedro Martír and Sierra Juarez of northern Baja California.

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I have no experience with E. klauberi in Mexico. In San [...]

February 16th, 2006 | Category: Ensatina | Comments are closed

Ambystoma rosaceum nigrum

DURANGO TARAHUMARA SALAMANDER
Ambystoma rosaceum – Taylor 1941
Ambystoma rosaceum nigrum – Shannon 1951

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Ambystoma rosaceum nigrum is found in the high mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental from central Durango southward to at least eastern Nayarit and adjacent Jalisco and Zacatecas. It may be found as high as 3,100m elevation.

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Some authors recognize nigrum as a [...]

January 28th, 2006 | Category: Ambystoma | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa alberchi (NP)

TUXTLAN WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa alberchi – García-Paris, Parra-Olea, Brame & Wake 2002

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa franklini nigroflavescens (NP)

BLACK-BELLIED WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa franklini – Schmidt 1936
Bolitoglossa franklini nigroflavescens – Taylor 1941

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa franklini franklini (NP)

FRANKLIN’S WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa franklini – Schmidt 1936
Bolitoglossa franklini franklini – Schmidt 1936

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa engelhardtii (NP)

ENGELHARDT’S WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa engelhardtii – Schmidt 1936

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa flavimembris (NP)

YELLOW-LEGGED WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa flavimembris – Schmidt 1936

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa flaviventris (NP)

YELLOW-BELLIED WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa flaviventris – Schmidt 1936

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa hartwegi (NP)

HARTWEG’S WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa hartwegi – Wake & Brame 1969

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa hermosa (NP)

GUERRERO WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa hermosa – Papenfuss, Wake & Adler 1984

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa lincolni (NP)

LINCOLN’S WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa lincolni – Stuart 1943

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed

Bolitoglossa macrinii (NP)

OAXACA WEB-FOOTED SALAMANDER
Bolitoglossa macrinii – Lafrentz 1930

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January 28th, 2006 | Category: Bolitoglossa | Comments are closed
 
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