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Article: Two New Species of Pseudoeurycea (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Mountains of Northern Oaxaca, Mexico
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- Copeia
- Article date:
- August 2, 2005
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We describe two new species of salamanders of the genus Pseudoeurycea from mountains in the northern part of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Pseudoeurycea papenfussi, a large, muscular member of the P. gadovii group, occurs near the peaks (just below 3000 m) of the highest mountains of the Sierra de Juárez. It is related to P. smithi, a more southerly species, and possibly to P. aquatica, another species from Oaxaca. Pseudoeurycea obesa, a rotund member of the P. leprosa group, is known only from the type locality in the Sierra Mazateca at the northernmost extremity of Oaxaca. It is related to P. werleri and P. mystax, which are known from more southern parts of Oaxaca. These descriptions ...
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