Tlaconete regordete vs cortinaria de Bulliard

Aquiloeurycea cephalica compared with Cortinarius bulliardii

Key Differences

• Tlaconete regordete is Least Concern while cortinaria de Bulliard is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tlaconete regordete	cortinaria de Bulliard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Caudata (Urodela)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Plethodontidae	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Aquiloeurycea	Cortinarius
Species	Aquiloeurycea cephalica	Cortinarius bulliardii

Conservation Status

Tlaconete regordete

LC — Least Concern

cortinaria de Bulliard

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tlaconete regordete	cortinaria de Bulliard
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Tlaconete regordete

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Mexico.

cortinaria de Bulliard

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.