Oedipina carablanca
Appearance
Oedipina carablanca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Oedipina |
Species: | O. carablanca
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Binomial name | |
Oedipina carablanca Brame, 1968
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Oedipina carablanca, commonly known as the Los Diamantes worm salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica and is only known from its type locality, Los Diamantes, near Guápiles, Limón Province.[2]
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b Bolaños, F.; Wake, D; Savage, J. (2004). "Oedipina carablanca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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