Dendrotriton rabbi
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Dendrotriton rabbi faces severe threats from deforestation and agricultural expansion in Guatemala's cloud forest regions. The species' extremely limited range makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, while climate change threatens to shift the cool, humid conditions essential for its survival to higher elevations beyond its current habitat range.
Habitat
This arboreal salamander inhabits cloud forests and pine-oak forests at elevations between 1,400-2,100 meters in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. It requires cool, humid montane environments with dense canopy cover and abundant epiphytic vegetation.
