Ambystoma leorae

Ambystoma leorae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: Ambystoma leorae

Name

Ambystoma leorae (Taylor, 1943)

Type locality: "mountain stream near Río Frío, México, either in the state of Puebla or México (Balsas River drainage system)", Mexico.

Holotype: EHT-HMS 22560.

Synonyms

• Rhyacosiredon leorae Taylor, 1943
• Ambystoma leorae— Brandon, 1989

References

• Taylor, 1943, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 29: 345.
• Brandon, 1989, in Armstrong and Malacinski (eds.), Developmental Biol. Axolotl: 18.
• 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 leorae
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma leorae. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ambystoma leorae  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.

• Sunny A, Monroy-Vilchis O, Fajardo V, Aguilera-Reyes U (2014a) Genetic diversity and structure of an endemic and critically endangered stream river salamander (Caudata: Ambystoma leorae) in Mexico. Conserv Genet 15: 49–59

• Sunny A, Monroy-Vilchis O, Reyna-Valencia C, Zarco-González MM (2014b) Microhabitat Types Promote the Genetic Structure of a Micro-Endemic and Critically Endangered Mole Salamander (Ambystoma leorae) of Central Mexico. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103595. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103595

Vernacular names

English: Leora's Stream Siredon