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Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Pseudoeurycea
Species:	P. ahuitzotl
Binomial name
Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl Adler, 1996

Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl, commonly known as the imperial salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from its type locality, Cerro Teotepec (Sierra Madre del Sur) in Guerrero, at about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl. It is known from open fir-pine-oak forest with bunchgrass. It seems to require fallen logs for hiding at the daytime.

References

1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59365A53980645. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T59365A53980645.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl Adler, 1996". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

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