Sacramento Mountains Salamander

Aneides hardii

The Sacramento Mountains Salamander is one of only two Aneides species with no toe pads. Found only in mixed conifer forest in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico. A rare, disjunct species vulnerable to climate change.

Habitat

High-elevation mixed conifer forest in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Diet

Small insects and other invertebrates

How common

Rare

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