Ranita de Battersby vs Tlaconete regordete

Dendropsophus battersbyi compared with Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Key Differences

• Ranita de Battersby is Data Deficient while Tlaconete regordete is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ranita de Battersby	Tlaconete regordete
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Amphibia (Amphibians)
Order	Anura (Frogs & Toads)	Caudata (Urodela)
Family	Hylidae	Plethodontidae
Genus	Dendropsophus	Aquiloeurycea
Species	Dendropsophus battersbyi	Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Evolutionary Relationship

Ranita de Battersby and Tlaconete regordete share a common ancestor at the Class level: Amphibia. (Amphibians)

Conservation Status

Ranita de Battersby

DD — Data Deficient

Tlaconete regordete

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ranita de Battersby	Tlaconete regordete
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ranita de Battersby

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Tlaconete regordete

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Mexico.

Ranita de Battersby

The Battersby's Treefrog (Dendropsophus battersbyi) is a species in the genus Dendropsophus. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Tlaconete regordete

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.