Guatemalan Salamander (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Guatemalan Salamander

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The terrestrial salamander Pseudoeurycea goebeli, one of the commonest 40 years ago on the cloud forest slopes of the Tajumulco volcano, has now disappeared. This specimen was photographed at a neighboring volcano, Chicabal, only 50 kilometers to the east of Tajumulco, where the salamander is much reduced in population.

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Sean M. Rovito/UC Berkeley

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