Ixalotriton niger
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Ixalotriton |
Species: | I. niger
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Binomial name | |
Ixalotriton niger Wake & Johnson, 1989
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Synonyms | |
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Ixalotriton niger, the black jumping salamander, is a species of
Description
Ixalotriton niger is a long, slender salamander with a wide head, protuberant eyes, long limbs, large hands and feet and a long, gradually tapering tail. It grows to a total length of nearly 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and is a glossy black colour. At night it changes to a chocolate brown colour. The snout may have a small white patch and the tips or the toes are red, perhaps because of an absence of pigment allowing the vascular tissue below to show through.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Ixalotriton niger is found at about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) above sea level on the Atlantic side of the Northern Highland Mountains in
Behaviour
Ixalotriton niger is an arboreal species that was first described in 1989. It is an elusive species and scrambles around on the trunks of trees and is capable of jumping in a lizard-like manner when disturbed. It readily autotomizes its tail to escape predators and can also produce a noxious sticky secretion from glands.[2][3]
There is no aquatic larval stage and the young develop directly inside the egg.[2]
Status
Ixalotriton niger is considered "
References
- ^ . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Diaz, Raul E. (2004-12-14). "Ixalotriton niger". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ^ "Dwarf False Brook Salamander (Pseudoeurycea parva)". EDGE. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- . Retrieved 14 November 2021.