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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

 

 

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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

 

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