Pseudoeurycea mixcoatl

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

View Printer Friendly

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	CAUDATA	PLETHODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pseudoeurycea mixcoatl

Species Authority:

Adler, 1996

Common Name/s:

Spanish

–

Tlaconete

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient 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 Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements. This species has not been located during a number of surveys.

History:

2004

–

Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico, and specifically from the vicinity of Asoleadero and Carrizal de Bravo towns in north-eastern Guerrero, at around 2,600m asl. The limits of its distribution are not known.
Countries:	Native: Mexico
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	There is very little information; it is known from a few specimens. The species has not been recorded since its discovery in the 1960s despite repeated attempts to locate it.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in moist oak-pine-fir cloud forest dominated by large bromeliad-covered oaks. It apparently needs the presence of fallen logs as daytime refuges. Reproduction is by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although it lives in a remote area, logging has apparently been taking place in its range, which could represent a threat to it. There is also pressure on its habitat from expanding small-scale agriculture, and in particular from fruit orchards.

Major Threat(s):

Although it lives in a remote area, logging has apparently been taking place in its range, which could represent a threat to it. There is also pressure on its habitat from expanding small-scale agriculture, and in particular from fruit orchards.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It does not occur in any protected area. Further detailed studies are urgently needed to finally determine whether this species is still extant, and to understand if there are any threats to it.

Conservation Actions:

It does not occur in any protected area. Further detailed studies are urgently needed to finally determine whether this species is still extant, and to understand if there are any threats to it.

Citation:	Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, James Hanken 2008. Pseudoeurycea mixcoatl. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
Disclaimer:	To make use of this information, please check the <Terms of Use>.
Feedback:	If you see any errors or have any questions or suggestions on what is shown on this page, please fill in the feedback form so that we can correct or extend the information provided