Global InformationNauta salamander information
| Nauta salamander | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Bolitoglossa |
| Species: | B. altamazonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Bolitoglossa altamazonica (Cope, 1874)
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Nauta salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica), also known as the Nauta mushroomtongue salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found on the eastern and lower slopes of the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia and east into adjacent Brazil. Its common name refers to its type locality, Nauta, in the Loreto Province, Peruvian Amazon. It might be a composite of several species.[3]
- ^ Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Steffen Reichle, Ana Almendáriz, Fernando Castro (2010). "Bolitoglossa altamazonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T59137A11888213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T59137A11888213.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Cope, E. D. (1874). "On some Batrachia and Nematognathi brought from the upper Amazon by Prof. Orton". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 26: 120–137.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Bolitoglossa altamazonica (Cope, 1874)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 December 2014.