Tapalcua

Taxobox
name = Tapalcua


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Gymnophiona
familia = Caeciliidae
genus = "Dermophis"
species = "D. mexicanus"
binomial = "Dermophis mexicanus"
binomial_authority = (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
synonyms = The Tapalcua ("Dermophis mexicanus") is a species of amphibian in the Caeciliidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and possibly Belize.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations , rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

* Santos-Barrera, G., Wake, M., Measey, J. &Wilkinson, M. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/59545/all Dermophis mexicanus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 July 2007.