Ambystoma leorae (Taylor, 1943)
Rhyacosiredon leorae Taylor, 1943, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 29: 345. Holotype: EHT-HMS 22560, by original designation; now FMNH 100041 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 41. Type locality: "mountain stream near Río Frío, México, either in the state of Puebla or México (Balsas River drainage system)", Mexico.
Ambystoma leorae — Brandon, 1989, in Armstrong and Malacinski (eds.), Developmental Biol. Axolotl: 18. Smith and Smith, 1993, Synops. Herpetofauna Mex., 7:11; by implication; Reilly and Brandon, 1994, Copeia, 1994: 656-662.
English Names
Leora's Stream Siredon (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 9; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 27).
Leora's Stream Salamander (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 545; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 27).
Distribution
Region of the town of Río Frío in the state of of México near the Puebla line, Mexico, ca. 3000 m elevation.
Comment
Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 90, provided a brief account, figure, and map. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 545.
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