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Baja Verapaz salamander

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Baja Verapaz salamander
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Cryptotriton
Species: C. veraepacis
Binomial name
Cryptotriton veraepacis
(Lynch & Wake, 1978)

Baja Verapaz salamander (Cryptotriton veraepacis) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Guatemala.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cryptotriton veraepacis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T89183465A54377247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T89183465A54377247.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Cryptotriton veraepacis


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