Ambystoma talpoideum

Ambystoma talpoideum

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 talpoideum

Name

Ambystoma talpoideum (Holbrook, 1838)

Type locality: "sea islands on the borders of South Carolina", USA.

Holotype: Specimen figured on pl. 29 of the original.

Synonyms

• Salamandra talpoidea Holbrook, 1838
• Ambystoma ? talpoideum — Gray, 1850
• Amblystoma talpoideum — Cope, 1868
• Ambystoma talpoideum — Hay, 1892
• Ambystoma (Ambystoma) talpoideum — Tihen, 1958

References

• Holbrook, 1838, N. Am. Herpetol., 3: 117.
• Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3, 38.
• 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 talpoideum
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma talpoideum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ambystoma talpoideum  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mole Salamander