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The Arboreal Salamander exhibits a unique reproductive strategy in which the females lay their eggs in moist burrows, which the hatchlings then enter. The adult salamanders stay near their eggs to shield them from predators and environmental hazards, demonstrating parental care and increasing the hatchlings' chances of survival.
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.
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).
Common name Aneides ferreus: Clouded salamander Aneides flavipunctatus: Speckled black salamander Aneides iecanus: Shasta black salamander Aneides klamathensis: Klamath black salamander Aneides lugubris: Arboreal salamander Aneides niger: Santa Cruz black salamander Aneides vagrans: Wandering salamander Batrachoseps altasierrae
When struggling prey is advanced into the salamander's mouth, the teeth tips relax and bend in the same direction, encouraging movement toward the throat, and resisting the prey's escape. [41] Many salamanders have patches of teeth attached to the vomer and the palatine bones in the roof of the mouth, and these help to retain prey. All types of ...
Binomial Name and Author Common Name Chiropterotriton arboreus (Taylor, 1941) Arboreal splayfoot salamander Chiropterotriton aureus. García-Castillo et al., 2018. Atzalan golden salamander Chiropterotriton chico. García-Castillo, Rovito, Wake, and Parra-Olea, 2017. El Chico salamander Chiropterotriton chiropterus Cope, 1863: Common splayfoot ...
Pseudoeurycea ruficauda, also known as the orange-tailed agile salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the Sierra Mazateca , a part of Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of Mexico.
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 .