Nauta_salamander
Nauta salamander
Species of amphibian
Nauta salamander (Bolitoglossa altamazonica), also known as the Nauta mushroomtongue salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found on the eastern and lower slopes of the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia and east into adjacent Brazil. Its common name refers to its type locality, Nauta, in the Loreto Province, Peruvian Amazon. It might be a composite of several species.[3]