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Gorgan salamander
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Hynobiidae
Genus: Paradactylodon
Species: P. gorganensis
Binomial name
Paradactylodon gorganensis
Clergue-Gazeau & Thorn, 1979
Synonyms
  • Batrachuperus gorganensis Clergue-Gazeau & Thorn, 1979
  • Iranodon gorganensis Clergue-Gazeau &Thorn, 1979

The Gorgan salamander (Paradactylodon gorganensis) is a species of salamanders in the family Hynobiidae, endemic to a single location in Iran, the caves near the Shir-Abad Waterfall. Its habitats are freshwater springs, inland karsts, and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss and considered critically endangered due to its extremely limited range and small population size.

Sources

  1. ^ Theodore Papenfuss; Steven Anderson; Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani; Sergius Kuzmin; Mozafar Sharifi; Göran Nilson (2009). "Iranodon gorganensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T2666A9466224. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T2666A9466224.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Iranodon gorganensis
Batrachuperus gorganensis


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