Chunky False Brook Salamander vs

Aquiloeurycea cephalica compared with Daldinia lloydii

Key Differences

• Chunky False Brook Salamander is Least Concern while is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chunky False Brook Salamander
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Ascomycota (子嚢菌門)
Class	Amphibia (両生類)	Sordariomycetes (フンタマカビ綱)
Order	Caudata (有尾目)	Xylariales (マメザヤタケ目)
Family	Plethodontidae	Hypoxylaceae
Genus	Aquiloeurycea	Daldinia
Species	Aquiloeurycea cephalica	Daldinia lloydii

Conservation Status

Chunky False Brook Salamander

LC — Least Concern

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chunky False Brook Salamander
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chunky False Brook Salamander

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Mexico.

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.

Daldinia lloydiiは、Hypoxylaceae科に属する核菌類キノコで、絶滅危惧種（EN）と評価されている。特定の宿主樹木の枯れ木の上に硬く同心層状の炭のような子実体を生成する。絶滅危惧状況は、次第に希少になる老齢林や古木の林立する枯れ木のある生息地に依存していることを反映している。