Family
Ambystomatidae
31 species
The list of species of Ambystomatidae family
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The list of species of Ambystomatidae family
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The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a paedomorphic salamander related to the Tiger salamander. Axolotls are unusual among amphibians in that they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. Instead of taking to the land, adults remain aquatic...
The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum ) is a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America.
The spotted salamander or yellow-spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum ) is a mole salamander common in eastern United States and Canada. The spotted salamander is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina. This salamander ranges from Nova...
The blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale ) is a mole salamander native to the Great Lakes states and northeastern United States, and parts of Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Their range is known to extend to James Bay to the north, and...
The barred tiger salamander or western tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium ) is a species of mole salamander found from southwestern Canada in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, south through the western United States to Texas...
The long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum ) is a mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. This species, typically 4.1–8.9 cm (1.6–3.5 in) long when mature, is characterized by its mottled black, brown, and yellow pigmentation, and its...
The marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum ) is a species of mole salamander found in the eastern United States.
The California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense ) is a vulnerable amphibian native to California. It is a mole salamander. Previously considered to be a subspecies of the tiger salamander (A. tigrinum), the California tiger salamander was...
The plateau tiger salamander or Mexican tiger salamander (Ambystoma velasci ) is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. It is typically considered endemic to Mexico, although its range might extend to the United States.Its...
The Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum ) is a mole salamander native to the northeastern United States, southern and central Ontario, and southwestern Quebec. It was named after Jefferson College in Pennsylvania.It is typically dark...
The northwestern salamander (Ambystoma gracile ) is a species of mole salamander that inhabits the northwest Pacific coast of North America. These fairly large salamanders grow to 8.7 in (220 mm) in length. It is found from southeastern Alaska on...
The California giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus ) is a species of salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. Dicamptodon ensatus is endemic to California, in the western United States. The species once additionally included individuals now...
Ambystoma talpoideum, the mole salamander, is a species of salamander found in much of the eastern and central United States, from Florida to Texas, north to Illinois, east to Kentucky, with isolated populations in Virginia and Indiana. Older...
The Lake Patzcuaro salamander, locally known as achoque, Ambystoma dumerilii, is a neotenic salamander species.This salamander is found in Lake Pátzcuaro, a high-altitude lake in the Mexican state of Michoacán. This is located in the Mesa Central...
Anderson's salamander (Ambystoma andersoni ) is a neotenic salamander from Zacapu Lagoon in the Mexican state of Michoacán.This salamander is a relatively recent discovery, first described by Branden and Krebs in 1984. Ambystoma andersoni is named...
The small-mouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum ) is a species of mole salamander found in the central United States, from the Great Lakes region in Michigan to Nebraska, south to Texas, and east to Tennessee, with a population in Canada, in Pelee,...
The frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum ) is a small (9-13.5 cm total length), elongated species of mole salamander. It has a small, indistinct head, short legs, and a long, rounded tail. Typical coloration consists of a background of...
The streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri ) is a species of mole salamander from North America, occurring in several Midwestern states of the US.
The ringed salamander (Ambystoma annulatum ) is a species of mole salamander native to hardwood and mixed hardwood-pine forested areas in and around the Ozark Plateau and Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Most specimens are...
The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum ) is an endangered subspecies of the long-toed salamander, which is found only close to a few isolated ponds in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in California. It has a black body,...
Taylor's salamander, Ambystoma taylori, is a species of salamander found only in Laguna Alchichica, a high-altitude (2,290 m (7,510 ft) above sea level) crater lake to the southwest of Perote, Mexico. It was first described in 1982 but had been...
The blunt-headed Salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum ) is a mole salamander endemic to Mexico. It is only known from the vicinity of its type locality, near Morelia, in Michoacán state in Southwestern Mexico. It inhabits a landscape consisting of a...
Mabee's salamander (Ambystoma mabeei ) is a species of mole salamander found in tupelo and cypress bottoms in pinewoods, open fields, and lowland deciduous forests, pine savannahs, low wet woods, and swamps. It usually burrows near breeding ponds....
The Lake Lerma salamander (Ambystoma lermaense ) is an extremely rare, occasionally neotenic mole salamander species from Mexico.
The delicate-skinned salamander (Ambystoma bombypellum ) is an extremely rare species of mole salamander.
The yellow-peppered salamander (Ambystoma flavipiperatum ) also known as the salamandra de Champala and the yellow-headed salamander, is a species of mole salamander native to areas at an elevation of 4900 ft around Santa Cruz, Rancho Malveste and...
The Puerto Hondo stream salamander or Michoacan stream salamander, Ambystoma ordinarium, is a mole salamander from the Cordillera Volcánica within the Mexican state of Michoacán.
The Tarahumara salamander (Ambystoma rosaceum ) is a freshwater species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae, endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or...
The granular salamander or ajolote (Ambystoma granulosum ) is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, freshwater marshes,...
The Leora's stream salamander or ajolote (Ambystoma leorae ) is a rare species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. It is endemic to a very small area of land in the Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park on the border of the State of...
Ambystoma rivulare is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. Typically gains a lot of population distribution in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt around central Mexico City. Found in various small or medium-sized ponds and lakes...
