Chiropterotriton magnipes Rabb, 1965:1
Bigfoot splayfoot salamander
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in December 2005
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Mexico
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rabb, G. B. (1965). A new salamander of the genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Mexico. Breviora 235: 1-8.
Other references:
Andreone, Franco et al. (2022). Threatened and extinct amphibians and reptiles in Italian natural history collections are useful conservation tools. Acta Herpetologica 17(1): 45-58. doi:10.36253/a_h-12349
Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken. (2008). Chiropterotriton magnipes. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 13 February 2013.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/13179/chiropterotriton-magnipes