Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis faces severe habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and logging activities in its restricted montane cloud forest range. The species' extremely limited distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to local environmental changes, with deforestation fragmenting the remaining suitable habitat. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the moisture regimes essential for cloud forest ecosystems that this salamander depends upon.
Habitat
This salamander is endemic to montane cloud forests in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico, typically found at elevations between 1,800-2,400 meters. It inhabits the humid microenvironments of cloud forest understory, requiring the persistent moisture and stable temperatures characteristic of these threatened ecosystems.
