Ambystoma jeffersonianum

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It hides in rodent burrows and beneath leaf-litter, logs , and other surface objects. It also hibernates underground or in rotting logs. In some areas it can be found in caves in (e.g. , West Virginia) (Green and Pauley 1987). Eggs are attached to sticks and plant stems in ponds and pools with adjacent forest . Presence of fishes and newts reduces reproductive success. Not found in floodplains , swamps or marshes in New Jersey (Nyman et al. 1988). In central Pennsylvania, embryonic mortality was high in ponds below pH 4.5, though this was affected by the availability of other larval amphibians as prey (Sadinski and Dunson 1992).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Ambystoma platineum Cope • Ambystoma tremblayi Comeau • Salamandra jeffersoniana • Salamandra jeffersoniana Green

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ambystoma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 45 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. andersoni (Anderson's Salamander) · A. annulatum (Ringed Salamander) · A. barbouri (Streamside Salamander) · A. bishopi (Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander) · A. bombypellum (Axolotl) · A. californiense (California Tiger Salamander) · A. cingulatum (Frosted Flatwoods Salamander) · A. dumerilii (Lake Patzcuaro Salamander) · A. flavipiperatum (Yellow-Peppered Salamander) · A. gracile (Northwestern Salamander) · A. granulosum (Granular Salamander) · A. jeffersonianum (Jefferson's Salamander) · A. laterale (Kelley's Island Salamander) · A. leorae (Leora's Stream Salamander) · A. lermaense (Lake Lerma Salamander) · A. mabeei (Mabee's Salamander) · A. macrodactylum (Central Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum columbianum (Eastern Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum croceum (Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum krausei (Northern Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum macrodactylum (Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum sigillatum (Long-Toed Salamander) · A. maculatum (Spotted Salamander) · A. mavortium (Blotched Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium diaboli (Gray Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium mavortium (Barred Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium melanostictum (Blotched Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium nebulosum (Sonoran Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium stebbinsi (Sonoran Tiger Salamander) · A. mexicanum (Mexican Axolotl) · A. opacum (Marbled Salamander) · A. ordinarium (Puerto Hondo Stream Salamander) · A. rivulare (Michoacan Stream Salamander) · A. rosaceum (Tarahumara Salamander) · A. talpoideum (Mole Salamander) · A. taylori (Taylor's Salamander) · A. texanum (Kelley's Island Salamander) · A. tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum diaboli (Gray Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum mavortium (Barred Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum melanostictum (Blotched Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum nebulosum (Arizona Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum stebbinsi (Sonoran Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander) · A. velasci (Mexican Tiger Salamander)

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Further Reading

• A biological survey of the sand dune region on the south shore of Saginaw Bay, Michigan. Prepared under the direction of Alexander G. Ruthven. Lansing, Mich.: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford co., state printers, 1911. url p. 261.
• A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles / by Leonhard Stejneger and Thomas Barbour. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. url p. 5.
• A faunal investigation of King Township, York County, Ontario / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1930. url p. 205.
• A faunal investigation of Prince Edward County, Ontario / Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1941. url p. 95.
• A faunal investigation of the Lake Nipigon region, Ontario / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1928. url p. 284, p. 285.
• A faunal investigation of the Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario / [Toronto]: Royal Ontario Museum, 1942. url p. 158.
• A manual of land and fresh water vertebrate animals of the United States (exclusive of birds) by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., inc.[c1935] url p. 140.
• Amphibians and reptiles of the Chicago area, by Clifford H. Pope. [Chicago]Chicago natural history museum, 1944. url p. 29, p. 5.
• Amphibians of Illinois / by Paul W. Parmalee. Springfield, IL: Dept. of Registration and Education, 1954. url p. 36.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 161.
• Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum. Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, url p. 403, p. 50, p. 51.
• Biological series. TorontoUniversity Press [etc.]1898-1956. url , .
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• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 458, p. 458, p. 9.
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• Check list of the amphibians and reptiles of Canada and Alaska / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1961 url p. 13, p. 89.
• Check-list of the amphibians and reptiles of Canada and Alaska / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1955. url , p. 10.
• Copeia. [New York, N.Y., etc.]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. url , , p. 64, p. 98.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Ambystoma jeffersonianum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• Hammerson, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Amphibians and Reptiles Collection
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Herp Collection
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 25743
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-173598
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173598
• IUCN ID: 190426
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAA01050
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1648

Footnotes

1. Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Ambystoma jeffersonianum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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