Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl

Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl, commonly known as the imperial salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico and only known from its type locality, Cerro Teotepec (Sierra Madre del Sur) in Guerrero, at about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl.^[1][2] It is known from open fir-pine-oak forest with bunchgrass. It seems to require fallen logs for hiding at the daytime.^[1]

Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Plethodontidae
Genus:	Pseudoeurycea
Species:	P. ahuitzotl
Binomial name
Pseudoeurycea ahuitzotl Adler, 1996