Mexico Herpetology

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 [...]

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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CEMPOALA SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea tlilicxitl – Lara-Gongora 2003

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GREEN-FLECKED SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea tlahcuiloh – Adler 1996

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TEOTEPEC SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea teotepec – Adler 1996

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BEARDED SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea tenchalli – Adler 1996

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WERLER’S SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea werleri – Darling & Smith 1954

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CLAW-TOOTHED SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea unguidentis – Taylor 1941

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SMITH’S SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea smithi – Taylor 1938

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RED-TAILED SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea ruficauda –

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SIERRA JUAREZ LEAPING SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea saltator – Lynch & Wake 1989

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ROBERT’S SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea robertsi – Taylor 1938

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CUETZALAN SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea quetzalanensis –

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ROYAL SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea rex – Dunn 1921

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ADMIRABLE SALAMANDER
Pseudoeurycea praecellens – Rabb 1955

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