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Spotted salamander

Spotted salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species:
A. maculatum
Binomial name
Ambystoma maculatum
(Shaw, 1802)
Range of A. maculatum
Synonyms
  • Salamandra punctata Lacépède, 1788
  • Salamandra punctata Bonnaterre, 1789
  • Salamandra palustris Bechstein, 1800
  • Lacerta maculata Shaw, 1802
  • Salamandra venenosa Daudin, 1803
  • Lacerta subviolacea Barton, 1804
  • Ambystoma carolinae Gray, 1850
  • Salamandra argus Gray, 185
  • Ambystome argus Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854
  • Salamandra margaritifera Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854

The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) is a mole salamander found in parts of USA and Canada.

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Ambystoma maculatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T59064A56540295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T59064A56540295.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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