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Giant False Brook Salamanders
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Giant False Brook Salamanders

Isthmura

Isthmura is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae. They are endemic to Mexico. The genus, which corresponds to the former "Pseudoeurycea bellii species group", was established in 2015 in order to preserve Ixalotriton and Bolitoglossa while avoiding paraphyly of Pseudoeurycea.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Bell's False Brook Salamander

speciesIsthmura bellii

Giant False Brook Salamander

speciesIsthmura gigantea

Oaxacan False Brook Salamander

speciesIsthmura boneti

Cofre de Perote Salamander

speciesIsthmura naucampatepetl

Southern Giant Salamander

speciesIsthmura maxima

Sonoran False Brook Salamander

speciesIsthmura sierraoccidentalis

Corrugated Salamander

speciesIsthmura corrugata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 476543.