Branch Bumps vs Tlaconete regordete

Pertusaria pustulata compared with Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Key Differences

• Branch Bumps is Not Evaluated while Tlaconete regordete is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Branch Bumps	Tlaconete regordete
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Amphibia (Amphibians)
Order	Pertusariales (Pertusariales)	Caudata (Urodela)
Family	Pertusariaceae	Plethodontidae
Genus	Pertusaria	Aquiloeurycea
Species	Pertusaria pustulata	Aquiloeurycea cephalica

Conservation Status

Branch Bumps

NE — Not Evaluated

Tlaconete regordete

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Branch Bumps	Tlaconete regordete
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Branch Bumps

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Norway, Portugal, and United States.

Tlaconete regordete

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Mexico.

Branch Bumps

The Branch bumps (Pertusaria pustulata) is a species in the genus Pertusaria. Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. It is found in Colombia, Norway, Portugal and United States.

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.