Distribution, habitat suitability, conservation state and natural history of endangered salamander .

Background: Pandi's mushroom-tongue salamander () is one of the threatened amphibians in South America, as well as a flagship species for the Colombian conservation agenda. This species is endemic to the Andean cloud forests of the western slope of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia, occurring only in the department of Cundinamarca within a narrow elevational range. At night, can be seen perching on the upper side of leaves at heights ranging from ground level to 2.