Ambystoma amblycephalum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: Ambystoma amblycephalum

Name

Ambystoma amblycephalum Taylor, 1940

Type locality: "15 km. west of Morelia [Tacícuaro], Michoacán", Mexico.

Holotype: FMNH 100104.

Synonyms

• Ambystoma amblycephala Taylor, 1940
• Ambystoma amblycephalum — Smith & Taylor, 1948
• Ambystoma (Ambystoma) amplycephalum — Tihen, 1958

References

• Taylor, 1940 "1939", Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 26: 420.
• Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3, 35.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Ambystoma amblycephalum
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma amblycephalum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ambystoma amblycephalum  (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Blunthead Salamander