Pseudoeurycea nigra (Wake and Johnson, 1989)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ixalotriton niger Wake and Johnson, 1989; Pseudoeurycea niger Wake & Johnson, 1989
Conservation Status
Last record: January 1973?
Rediscovered in December 2000
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Chiapas (south-western), México
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wake, D. B. and Johnson, J. D. (1989). A new genus and species of plethodontid salamander from Chiapas, Mexico. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science [1989]: 1-10.
Other references:
Lamoreux, J. F., McKnight, M. W., and R. Cabrera Hernandez. (2015).
Amphibian Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites in Chiapas and Oaxaca. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. xxiv + 320pp.
Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, Ted Papenfuss, Antonio Muñoz Alonso, Israel Amezcua Torrijos, Nora Patricia Lopez León. (2008). Pseudoeurycea nigra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 06 June 2015.
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/13145/pseudoeurycea-nigra