| Chignahuapan splayfoot salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Chiropterotriton |
| Species: | C. orculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chiropterotriton orculus (Cope, 1865) | |
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The Chignahuapan splayfoot salamander (Chiropterotriton orculus), also known as Cope's flat-footed salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and known from the southern and eastern margins of the Mexican Plateau between northern Morelos and northern Puebla. It was removed from the synonymy of Chiropterotriton chiropterus in 1994; unnamed species may also exist in this species complex.
Its natural habitats are pine-oak and fir forests; it tolerates some habitat modification. It is a relatively common, terrestrial species. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging and human settlement.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Chiropterotriton orculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59230A53978814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59230A53978814.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Cope, E. D. (1865). "Third contribution to the herpetology of tropical America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 17: 185–198.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Chiropterotriton orculus (Cope, 1865)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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| Chiropterotriton orculus |
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