Ambystomatidae

Taxobox
name = Ambystoma

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = Yellow Spotted Salamander
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Caudata
familia = Ambystomatidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Ambystoma"
"~Rhyacosiredon~" (defunct)

Ambystomatidae is a family of salamanders belonging to the order Caudata in the class Amphibia. It traditionally contains one genus, "Ambystoma" (or Mole Salamanders) containing 32 species.

Taxonomy

Genera "Dicamptodon" and "Rhyacotriton" were formerly included in this family, but are now usually placed into their own families Dicamptodontidae and Rhyacotritonidae. Recently, a large study of amphibian systematics (Frost et al., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 297 (2006) has placed "Dicamptodon" back within Ambystomatidae, based on cladistic analysis. This has been accepted by the Center for North American Herpetology.

pecies

Species included in this family are:
*Ambystoma altamirani
*Blunt-Headed Salamander ("Ambystoma amblycephalum")
*Anderson's Salamander ("Ambystoma andersoni")
*Ringed Salamander ("Ambystoma annulatum")
*Streamside Salamander ("Ambystoma barbouri")
*Ambystoma bishopi
*Delicate-Skinned Salamander ("Ambystoma bombypellum")
*California Tiger Salamander ("Ambystoma californiense")
*Flatwoods Salamander ("Ambystoma cingulatum")
*Lake Patzcuaro Salamander ("Ambystoma dumerilii")
*Yellow-Peppered Salamander ("Ambystoma flavipiperatum")
*Northwestern Salamander ("Ambystoma gracile")
*Ambystoma granulosum
*Jefferson Salamander ("Ambystoma jeffersonianum")
*Blue-spotted Salamander ("Ambystoma laterale")
*Ambystoma leorae
*Lake Lerma Salamander ("Ambystoma lermaense")
*Mabee's Salamander ("Ambystoma mabeei")
*Long-toed Salamander ("Ambystoma macrodactylum")
*Spotted Salamander ("Ambystoma maculatum")
*Barred tiger salamander ("Ambystoma mavortium")
*Axolotl ("Ambystoma mexicanum")
*Marbled Salamander ("Ambystoma opacum")
*Puerto Hondo Stream Salamander ("Ambystoma ordinarium")
*Ambystoma rivulare
*Ambystoma rosaceum
*Ambystoma silvensis
*Mole Salamander ("Ambystoma talpoideum")
*Taylor's salamander("Ambystoma taylori")
*Smallmouth Salamander ("Ambystoma texanum")
*Tiger Salamander ("Ambystoma tigrinum")
*Plateau Tiger Salamander ("Ambystoma velasci")

References

*http://amphibiaweb.org/lists/Ambystomatidae.shtml

External Links

* [http://tolweb.org/Ambystomatidae/15448 Tree of Life: Ambystomatidae]