Leora's stream salamander
The Leora's stream salamander or ajolote ("Ambystoma leorae") is a rare species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. It is endemic to a very small area of land in the Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park on the border of the State of Mexico with Puebla, with a single known population on Mount Tlaloc. Its very specific requirements as regards water quality militates against its survival in a habitat where water is being extracted, cattle graze and the salamander has traditionally been eaten as food. It has been listed as a threatened species by the Mexican Government and as "critically endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Q2513619
mole salamander
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Q764529
Ambystomatidae
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Q123452
endemic
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Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park
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Q82112
State of Mexico
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Q79923
Puebla
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Q27345266
Mount Tlaloc
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Q219127
critically endangered
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Q48268
International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Q2511165
Leora's stream salamander
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parent taxon
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shares border with
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