Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Pseudoeurycea juarezi (Pseudoeurycea juarezi), recorded as Endangered
Pseudoeurycea juarezi (Pseudoeurycea juarezi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Pseudoeurycea juarezi

Pseudoeurycea juarezi

Pseudoeurycea juarezi is a salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to Mexico.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Pseudoeurycea juarezi
Taxonomy
Amphibia · Caudata · Plethodontidae · Pseudoeurycea

The salamander

Salamanders are tailed amphibians. Many are lungless as adults and breathe through skin; others keep gills or use lungs.

Amphibians need damp skin or water at some point in the life cycle. Habitat loss and chytrid fungus sit behind many of the badges in this class.

Range and habitat

Pseudoeurycea juarezi is a salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Salamanders hide under logs, in seeps, or in caves. They do not commute across a dry valley.

Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.

In crisis

Salamanders disappear when seeps are capped, caves are disturbed, or a pathogen moves through a mountain range.

Pseudoeurycea juarezi is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Pseudoeurycea juarezi — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2212218. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Pseudoeurycea robertsi (Pseudoeurycea robertsi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Pseudoeurycea robertsi

Pseudoeurycea robertsi
Photograph of Pseudoeurycea saltator (Pseudoeurycea saltator), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Pseudoeurycea saltator

Pseudoeurycea saltator
Photograph of Pseudoeurycea unguidentis (Pseudoeurycea unguidentis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Pseudoeurycea unguidentis

Pseudoeurycea unguidentis
Photograph of Pseudoeurycea lynchi (Pseudoeurycea lynchi), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pseudoeurycea lynchi

Pseudoeurycea lynchi

Quick answers

What is Pseudoeurycea juarezi?
Pseudoeurycea juarezi is a salamander in the family Plethodontidae (order Caudata).
What is the conservation status of Pseudoeurycea juarezi?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pseudoeurycea juarezi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pseudoeurycea juarezi live?
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Why is Pseudoeurycea juarezi in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pseudoeurycea juarezi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pseudoeurycea juarezi a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.