Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: Ambystoma bombypellum
Name
Ambystoma bombypellum Taylor, 1940
Type locality: "near Rancho Guadalupe, 14 km. east of San Martín (Asunción), México", Mexico.
Holotype: FMNH 100127.
Synonyms
Ambystoma bombypella Taylor, 1940
Ambystoma bombypellum — Smith & Taylor, 1948
Ambystoma (Ambystoma) bombypellum — Tihen, 1958
References
Taylor, 1940 "1939", Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 26: 418.
Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3, 35.
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Ambystoma bombypellum
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma bombypellum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ambystoma bombypellum (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Delicate-skin Salamander
The delicate-skinned salamander (Ambystoma bombypellum) is an extremely rare species of mole salamander.
Description
The delicate-skinned salamander was first described by herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor from a holotype found in 1939 near Rancho Guadalupe, 14 km. east of San Martín in the north-western Asunción province in Mexico.[2] It is until today the only habitat for this species. Introduced predatory fish and habitat destruction due to agriculture lead to a desiccation of the breeding ponds and to a severely decline of the population. It is a small terrestrial species of about 14.2 cm, with a brown dorsal coloration and a lighter underbelly. The head is flattened. Fingers and toes are unwebbed.
References
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Ambystoma bombypellum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59054A53973578. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59054A53973578.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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