Pseudoeurycea leprosa
| Pseudoeurycea leprosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoeurycea |
| Species: | P. leprosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoeurycea leprosa (Cope, 1869)
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Pseudoeurycea leprosa is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to Mexico. The species of Pseudoeurycea Leprosa are primarily distributed across Northern and central Mexico, with new species continually emerging that share genetic similarities with preexisting ones. Research scientist's discovered these similarities by analyzing the base pairs of various Pseudoeurycea species from different regions of Mexico.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Pseudoeurycea leprosa exhibited extensive genetic divergence between its eastern and central populations due to habitat isolation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Pseudoeurycea leprosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59383A53982716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59383A53982716.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Parra‐Olea, Gabriela; Windfield, Juan Carlos; Velo‐Antón, Guillermo; Zamudio, Kelly R. (February 2012). "Isolation in habitat refugia promotes rapid diversification in a montane tropical salamander". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (2): 353–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02593.x. ISSN 0305-0270.