Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Lake Lerma salamander
Common Names in French:
Ambystome du lac lerma
Common Names in Spanish:
Ajolote, Ajolote del lago lerma
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It is a variable species, with individuals capable of reaching sexual
maturity either in the metamorphosed or larval stage
. Metamorphosed
individuals spend most of the time on land
in grassland habitat
.
It breeds
in streams
, lakes
and moderately deep-water reservoirs
.
[1].
List of Habitats:
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
- 15.1 Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Ambystomatidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Genus:
Ambystoma
()
- Tschudi, 1838
- Specific name:
lermaense
- (Taylor, 1940)
- Scientific name: - Ambystoma lermaense (Taylor, 1940)
- Specific name:
lermaense
- (Taylor, 1940)
- Genus:
Ambystoma
(
- Family:
Ambystomatidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Ambystoma lermaense Taylor, 1940 • Siredon lermaensis
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Additional work differentiating this species from nearby populations
of Ambystoma velasci is needed (Shaffer and McKnight 1996).
[1].
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
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 91.
- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 298.
- Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations CITES url p. 99.
Notes
Contributors
- Brad Shaffer, Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake 2004. Ambystoma lermaense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30815
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-586243
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 586243
- IUCN ID: 190429
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 711
Footnotes
- Brad Shaffer, Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake 2004. Ambystoma lermaense. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
