Pseudoeurycea leprosa is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae, endemic to Mexico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoeurycea |
| Species: | P. leprosa
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| Pseudoeurycea leprosa (Cope, 1869)
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Pseudoeurycea leprosa exhibited extensive genetic divergence between its eastern and central populations due to habitat isolation.[2]
References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Pseudoeurycea leprosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59383A53982716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59383A53982716.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Parra‐Olea, Gabriela; Windfield, Juan Carlos; Velo‐Antón, Guillermo; Zamudio, Kelly R. (February 2012). "Isolation in habitat refugia promotes rapid diversification in a montane tropical salamander". Journal of Biogeography. 39 (2): 353–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02593.x. ISSN 0305-0270.
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