Tarahumara Salamander

Taxobox
name = Tarahumara Salamander


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Ambystomatidae
genus = "Ambystoma"
species = "A. rosaceum"
binomial = "Ambystoma rosaceum"
binomial_authority = Taylor, 1941
synonyms = The Tarahumara Salamander ("Ambystoma rosaceum") is a species of mole salamander in the Ambystomatidae family.It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, pastureland, and ponds.It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Shaffer, B., Parra Olea, G. & Wake, D. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59068/all Ambystoma rosaceum] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.