Tlaconete regordete vs Sapito de Niebla de La Culata

Aquiloeurycea cephalica compared with Aromobates duranti

Key Differences

• Tlaconete regordete is Least Concern while Sapito de Niebla de La Culata is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tlaconete regordete	Sapito de Niebla de La Culata
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Amphibia (Amphibians)
Order	Caudata (Urodela)	Anura (Frogs & Toads)
Family	Plethodontidae	Aromobatidae
Genus	Aquiloeurycea	Aromobates
Species	Aquiloeurycea cephalica	Aromobates duranti

Evolutionary Relationship

Tlaconete regordete and Sapito de Niebla de La Culata share a common ancestor at the Class level: Amphibia. (Amphibians)

Conservation Status

Tlaconete regordete

LC — Least Concern

Sapito de Niebla de La Culata

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tlaconete regordete	Sapito de Niebla de La Culata
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.

Sapito de Niebla de La Culata

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Critically 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.