Aquiloeurycea
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| Aquiloeurycea | |
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| Aquiloeurycea scandens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemidactyliinae |
| Genus: | Aquiloeurycea Rovito, Parra-Olea, Recuero, and Wake, 2015[1] |
| Type species | |
| Spelerpes cephalicus Cope, 1869 | |
Aquiloeurycea is a genus of salamanders in the family Plethodontidae. They are endemic to Mexico.[2] The genus corresponds to the former "Pseudoeurycea cephalica species group", which was established in order to preserve Ixalotriton and Bolitoglossa while avoiding paraphyly of Pseudoeurycea.[3]
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