bath-asparagus vs Chunky False Brook Salamander

Ornithogalum narbonense compared with Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Key Differences

• bath-asparagus is Not Evaluated while Chunky False Brook Salamander is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bath-asparagus	Chunky False Brook Salamander
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Amphibia (Amphibians)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Caudata (Caudata)
Family	Asparagaceae	Plethodontidae
Genus	Ornithogalum	Aquiloeurycea
Species	Ornithogalum narbonense	Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Conservation Status

bath-asparagus

NE — Not Evaluated

Chunky False Brook Salamander

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bath-asparagus	Chunky False Brook Salamander
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bath-asparagus

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries).

Chunky False Brook Salamander

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Range

Found in Mexico.

bath-asparagus

The Bath-asparagus (Ornithogalum narbonense) is a species in the genus Ornithogalum. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes. Its range includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, and Netherlands.

Chunky False Brook Salamander

The Chunky False Brook Salamander (Aquiloeurycea cephalica) is a Least Concern plethodontid salamander endemic to Mexico, found in cloud forest and humid montane habitats in the Sierra Madre Oriental and related mountain ranges. The genus Aquiloeurycea is a recently erected Mexican endemic genus segregated from the broader genus Pseudoeurycea, comprising several small, robustly built (hence 'chunky') salamanders associated with high-elevation forests. Like all plethodontids, A. cephalica is a lungless salamander that breathes entirely through its moist, vascularized skin and the lining of its mouth. It is a direct developer, skipping the aquatic larval stage entirely and laying eggs in terrestrial microhabitats such as rotting logs, leaf litter, and soil. A. cephalica inhabits cool, humid forests of pine-oak and cloud forest zones in northern Mexico, where it forages for small invertebrates in the leaf litter and soil. The IUCN assesses it as Least Concern due to its reasonably wide distribution within its montane range. Deforestation, cattle grazing, and the conversion of cloud forest to agriculture represent ongoing threats to populations throughout its range.