Parvimolge townsendi (Dunn, 1922)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Oedipus townsendi Dunn, 1922 (original combination); Bolitoglossa townsendi (Dunn, 1922)
Conservation Status
Last record: after 1997
Rediscovered in 2010
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Veracruz (east-central), Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MCZ 8017 (Smith & Taylor, 1948:21)
Type locality: "Cerro de los Estropajos, near Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico" (Smith & Taylor, 1948:21)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dunn, E. R. (1922). A new salamander from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 35: 5-6.
Other references:
Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken, Mario García-París. (2008). Parvimolge townsendi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 26 January 2015.
Sandoval-Comte A, Pineda E, Aguilar-López JL. (2012). In Search of Critically Endangered Species: The Current Situation of Two Tiny Salamander Species in the Neotropical Mountains of Mexico. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34023.
Smith, Hobart M. and Taylor, Edward H. (1948). An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Amphibia of Mexico. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 194: iv + 118 pp.
Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 27, 1941, p. 107.
Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 30, 1944, p. 223.
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Nyctanolis pernix Elias & Wake, 1983
Nimble long-limbed salamander
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Guatemala & Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Elias, P. and Wake, D. B. (1983). Nyctanolis pernix, a new genus and species of plethodontid salamander from northwestern Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. In: Rhodin, G.J. and Miyati, K. (eds), Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology: Essays in Honors of Ernest E. Williams, pp. 1-12. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Other references:
Elias, P. (1984). Salamanders of the northwestern highlands of Guatemala. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 348: 1-20.
Parra-Olea, G., Wake, D., Acevedo, M., Vasquez, C. and Rovito, S. (2008). Nyctanolis pernix. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T59304A11910010. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T59304A11910010.en . Downloaded on 26 September 2015.
Wake, D. B. (1987). Adaptive radiation of salamanders in Middle American cloud forests. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 74: 242-264.
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Dendrotriton cuchumatanus (Lynch & Wake, 1975)
Forest bromeliad salamander
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Chiropterotriton cuchumatanus Lynch & Wake, 1975
Conservation Status
Last record: 1975
Rediscovered in 2005
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Guatemala
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lynch, J.F. and Wake, D.B. 1975. Systematics of the Chiropterotriton bromeliacia group (Amphibia: Caudata), with description of two new species from Guatemala. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 265: 1-45.
Other references:
Acevedo, M., Wake, D., Vasquez, C. & Rovito, S. 2008. Dendrotriton cuchumatanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T59238A11905092. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T59238A11905092.en. Downloaded on 12 February 2017.
Collins-Rainboth, A. and Buth, D.G. 1990. A reevaluation of the systematic relationships among species of the genus Dendrotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Copeia 1990(4): 955-960.
Elias, P. 1984. Salamanders of the northwestern highlands of Guatemala. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science 348: 1-20.
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)]
Wake, D.B. 1987. Adaptive radiation of salamanders in Middle American cloud forests. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 74: 242-264.
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Ambystoma leorae Taylor, 1943
Leora’s stream salamander
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Rhyacosiredon leorae Taylor, 1943
Conservation Status
Last record: 1983
Rediscovered in 2004
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
High mountains near Rio Frio, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: FMNH 100041, FMNH 100029 or EHT-HMS 22560 (sources disagree!).
Type locality: “mountain stream near Rio Frio, Mexico..." / "[n]ear Río Frío, México" (Smith & Taylor, 1948:9)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Taylor, E. H. (1943). Herpetological novelties from Mexico. Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull. 29: 343-361.
Other references:
Julio A. Lemos-Espinal, Geoffrey R. Smith, Aline B. Estrella Zamora, Guillermo Woolrich-Piña, and Raymundo Montoya Ayala. (2017). Natural history of the critically endangered salamander Ambystoma leorae (Caudata: Ambystomatidae) from the Río Tonatzin, Mexico. Phyllomedusa 16(1): 3-11.
Mexico Herpetology, 2006. Factsheet: Ambystoma leorae. Downloaded on 23/4/2011.
Monroy-Vilchis O, Domínguez-Vega H, Zarco-González M, Sunny A. (2014). Distribution of an endemic stream river salamander (Caudata: Ambystoma leorae) notes, natural history, habitat and threats. Herpetozoa In press.
Smith, Hobart M. and Taylor, Edward H. (1948). An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Amphibia of Mexico. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 194: iv + 118 pp.
Armando Sunny, Octavio Monroy-Vilchis, Victor Fajardo, Ulises Aguilera-Reyes. (2014). Genetic diversity and structure of an endemic and critically endangered stream river salamander (Caudata: Ambystoma leorae) in Mexico. Conservation Genetics 15(1): 49-59. [Abstract]
Sunny A, Monroy-Vilchis O, Reyna-Valencia C, Zarco-González MM. (2014). Microhabitat Types Promote the Genetic Structure of a Micro-Endemic and Critically Endangered Mole Salamander (Ambystoma leorae) of Central Mexico. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103595.
Brad Shaffer, Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake. (2004). Ambystoma leorae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 23 December 2012.
Guillermo Woolrich-Piña, Geoffrey R. Smith, Julio A. Lemos-Espinal, Aline Berenice Estrella Zamora & Raymundo Montoya Ayala. (2017). Observed localities for three endangered, endemic Mexican ambystomatids (Ambystoma altamirani, A. leorae, and A. rivulare) from central Mexico. The Herpetological Bulletin 139: [pagination?].
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Thorius narismagnus Shannon and Werler, 1955
San Martin pygmy salamander
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1980's
Rediscovered: 2012
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Volcán San Martín & Volcán Santa Marta, both Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz (southern), Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Shannon, F. A. and Werler, J. E. (1955). Notes on amphibians of the Los Tuxtlas Range of Veracruz, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 1955: 360-386.
Other references:
Aguilar-López, José L. et al. (2019). Thorius narismagnus (Amphibia: Plethodontidae): rediscovery at the type locality and detection of a new population. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 126–132 (e193).
Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, Mario García-París, James Hanken. (2008). Thorius narismagnus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 February 2013.
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