Isthmura naucampatepetl (Parra-Olea, Papenfuss and Wake, 2001)
Cofre de Perote salamander
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pseudoeurycea naucampatepetl Parra-Olea, Papenfuss and Wake, 2001
Conservation Status
Last record: 1988 or before
Rediscovered
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Mexico
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Parra-Olea, G., Papenfuss, T. J. and Wake, D. B. (2001). New species of lungless salamanders of the genus Pseudoeurycea (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Veracruz, Mexico. Scientific papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas [2001]: 1-9.
Other references:
Fernández-Badillo, Leonardo, Morales-Capellán, N., González-Bonilla, G. T., Canseco-Márquez, L. and Hernández-Silva, D. A. (2020). On the Critically Endangered Cofre de Perote Salamander (Isthmura naucampatepetl): discovery of a new population in Puebla, Mexico, and update of its known distribution. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3) [General Section]: 200-205 (e267).
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2016. Isthmura naucampatepetl. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59389A53983432. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T59389A53983432.en. Downloaded on 15 October 2017.
Parra-Olea, G., Garcia-Paris, M., Papenfuss, T.J. and Wake, D.B. 2005. Systematics of the Pseudoeurycea bellii (Caudata: Plethodontidae) species complex. Herpetologica 61(2): 145-158.