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The arboreal salamander (Aneides lugubris) is a species of climbing salamander. [3] An insectivore , it is native to California and Baja California , [ 4 ] where it is primarily associated with oak and sycamore woodlands, [ 5 ] and thick chaparral .
Thorius arboreus, commonly known as the arboreal minute salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Sierra de Juarez , Oaxaca , Mexico. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The specific name arboreus , derives from the Latin word arbor , meaning tree, referring to the arboreal habitat of this species.
Salamanders mostly feed on small invertebrates found on forest floors. Diet is influenced by size and micro-habitat of the salamander. Bolitoglossa rufescens are small and strictly arboreal, research shows that their diet is comprised significantly of ants followed by beetles and weevils , collembolans, and arachnids. [4]
Thorius, also known as minute salamanders, [1] pigmy salamanders, or Mexican pigmy salamanders, is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae. They are endemic to Mexico and found in southern Veracruz and Puebla to Guerrero and Oaxaca .
The arboreal splayfoot salamander (Chiropterotriton arboreus), or arboreal flat-footed salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. [2] It is endemic to Mexico where it is only found near its type locality near Tianguistengo in Hidalgo state.
Bolitoglossa is a genus of lungless salamanders, also called mushroom-tongued salamanders, [1] tropical climbing salamanders, [2] or web-footed salamanders, [3] in the family Plethodontidae. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Their range is between northern Mexico through Central America to Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , Peru , northeastern Brazil , and central ...
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Climbing salamanders is the common name for plethodontid (lungless) salamanders of the genus Aneides. [1] It contains 10 species native to North America , distributed between the Pacific Coast (7 species), Sacramento Mountains (1 species), and Appalachian Mountains (2 species).