Rio Santa Rosa Salamander - Bolitoglossa digitigrada
( Wake, Brame and Thomas, 1982 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population:

CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
This species was collected in coffee groves, which perhaps indicates a degree of adaptability to anthropogenic habitats. It is likely to occur mainly in mid-altitude forest, where it presumably lays terrestrial eggs and breeds by direct development.

Range:
This species is known only from the type locality along the Río Santa Rosa, a few kilometres upstream from the Río Apurimac, between Pataccocha and San Jose, in Ayacucho Department, Peru. It might range more widely, but further investigations of the region are needed to confirm this. Its altitudinal range is incompletely known; it has been collected at 1,000 m asl.

Conservation:
Conservation Actions
It is not known from any protected areas.

Research Needed
More information is needed on this species' distribution, population status, ecology, and threats. Additional surveys are recommended to determine whether this species occurs outside of the type locality.

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