Pseudoeurycea anitae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	CAUDATA	PLETHODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:	Pseudoeurycea anitae
Species Authority:	Bogert, 1967
Taxonomic Notes:	The taxonomic validity of this species is not clear (G. Parra-Olea and D. Wake pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken

Reviewer/s:

Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered because its extent of occurrence is less than 100 km², all individuals are in a single location, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its fragmented habitat around the town of San Vicente Lachixio.

History:

2004

–

Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the vicinity of San Vicente Lachixio town, in the Sierra Madre del Sur, in Oaxaca, Mexico, at 2,100m asl.
Countries:	Possibly extinct: Mexico
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Population [top]

Population:	There have been no records of it for 15 years, but it was never common. Recent searches for it have been unsuccessful, and it might already be extinct.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is known from pine-oak forest, where it lives in sinkholes, crevices and caves, always in moist places. Reproduction is by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its habitat around San Vicente Lachixio town has largely disappeared, with almost all the trees having been cut down. As a result, the habitat has dried out, which is to the detriment of this species.

Major Threat(s):

Its habitat around San Vicente Lachixio town has largely disappeared, with almost all the trees having been cut down. As a result, the habitat has dried out, which is to the detriment of this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Urgent protection of any remaining forest near the type locality area is required, but security problems in the area make it difficult to implement conservation measures for this species. It is listed as "threatened" (Amenazada) by the Mexican government. The taxonomic validity of this species is not clear and needs to be investigated.

Conservation Actions:

Urgent protection of any remaining forest near the type locality area is required, but security problems in the area make it difficult to implement conservation measures for this species. It is listed as "threatened" (Amenazada) by the Mexican government. The taxonomic validity of this species is not clear and needs to be investigated.

Citation:	Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken 2008. Pseudoeurycea anitae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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