The Toluca stream siredon, also known as the Michoacan stream salamander, is a mole salamander endemic to the border area between the State of Mexico and Michoacan in central Mexico. It lives in about five known localities in slow moving forest streams shaded by pine and fir, remaining in the same river where it hatched for its entire life; its larvae feed heavily on ostracods, which make up roughly 90 percent of their diet, with nematodes taken occasionally. It is classified as endangered, threatened by stream loss and pollution and by introduced predatory fish, especially trout, and its narrow, ostracod dependent diet leaves it especially vulnerable to any disturbance of that food source.
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Ambystoma rivulare
In Biome
River, Biomes Source Ambystoma rivulare (Wikipedia)
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Source Ambystoma rivulare (Wikipedia)Distribution: MexicoQuote, Distribution: Mexico
The species is endemic to the border of the states of México and Michoacán in Mexico.
Sources
1. Ambystoma rivulare (Wikipedia)
Lead section
The diet of Ambystoma rivulare larvae, who continue to prey on the same organisms as they grow, is almost entirely made up of ostracods, with the crustaceans making up about 90% of their diet.
Lead paragraph; begins "The diet of Ambystoma rivulare larvae, who conti"
The diet of Ambystoma rivulare larvae, who continue to prey on the same organisms as they grow, is almost entirely made up of ostracods, with the crustaceans making up about 90% of their diet.
Lead, living organism
Ambystoma rivulare, commonly referred to as the Toluca stream siredon, is a species of salamander in the family Ambystomatidae.
Habitat and distribution
The species can be found in ~ 5 discrete locations, living in slow moving streams through forests dominated by Pinus hartwegii and Abies religiosa.
In Biome: River, Lead paragraph; begins "The species can be found in ~ 5 discrete locatio"
The species can be found in ~ 5 discrete locations, living in slow moving streams through forests dominated by Pinus hartwegii and Abies religiosa.
View the Source2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Ambystoma rivulare
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Ambystoma rivulare"
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