Delicate-skinned salamander
Appearance
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Species: | A. bombypellum
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Ambystoma bombypellum (Taylor, 1940)
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The Delicate-Skinned Salamander (Ambystoma bombypellum) is an extremely rare Mole salamander species.
Description
The Delicate-Skinned Salamander was first described by herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor from a holotype found in 1939 near Rancho Guadalupe, 14 km. east of San Martín in the north-western Asunción province in Mexico.[1] It is until today the only habitat for this species. Introduced predatory fish and habitat destruction due to agriculture lead to a desiccation of the breeding ponds and to a severely decline of the population. It is a small terrestrial species of about 14.2 cm, with a brown dorsal coloration and a lighter underbelly. The head is flattened. Fingers and toes are unwebbed.
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