Jackson's climbing salamander

Jackson's climbing salamander
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Bolitoglossa
Species:	B. jacksoni
Binomial name
Bolitoglossa jacksoni Elias, 1984

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Jackson's climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa jacksoni) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Guatemala. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The salamander is among the 25 "most wanted lost" species that are the focus of Global Wildlife Conservation's "Search for Lost Species" initiative, as it had not been seen since 1975.^[2] It was rediscovered in 2017 at an amphibian reserve in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes.^[3]

Females of the species grow up to 65 mm long and are a bright yellow with a dorsal, chocolate brown band and a thin white stripe running between the brown band and the yellow.^[4] The brown band generally runs across the middle of the entire body and a very large part of the tail. The species has suckers on its fingers so it can climb trees.^[5] The eyes are also yellow in color.

Because Jackson’s climbing salamander has only been observed three times, its habitat is not fully known. According to the IUCN , the species occurs in a very limited area, approximately 12 km north-northeast of Santa Cruz Barillas. The juvenile male was photographed more than 300 meters higher than the altitude at which scientists had thought the species would occur (approximately 1400 meters.^[5]

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