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Bolitoglossa lozanoi
Lozano's Salamander (Bolitoglossa lozanoi) is a species of lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
From the article Lozano's salamander on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The adult salamander is large, measuring 5.8 cm in snout-vent length. Its tail is longer than its body, and its snout is round and more pronounced in the adult male. Its eyes are large but not protruding. The skin of the dorsum is light coffee-brown in color with some black speckles. The skin of the ventral surfaces is brown with some cream and dark brown marks.
Range & habitat
This animal is nocturnal and arboreal. It lives in wet forests near streams. It can live in secondary forest and other disturbed areas. This animal has been observed between 145 and 1200 meters above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
This salamander breeds through direct development with no free-swimming larval stage.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27066.