Ambystoma mexicanum

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: This species is native to the ancient system of water channels and lakes in Mexico City. It requires deep-water lakes (both natural and artificial canals) with abundant aquatic vegetation. Structures such as plants are needed to lay eggs . It is a paedomorphic species, living permanently in water, and does not undergo complete metamorphosis. [1].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.1     Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)   
  
•     15.9     Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Gyrinus mexicanus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

The taxonomic validity of this species is confirmed, on the basis of morphology, allozymes , and mtDNA (H.B. Shaffer pers. comm. ). (Ref. 253234).

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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Notes

Contributors

• 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.
• Luis Zambrano, Paola Mosig Reidl, Jeanne McKay, Richard Griffiths, Brad Shaffer, Oscar Flores-Villela, Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake 2010. Ambystoma mexicanum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-586244
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 586244
• IUCN ID: 190433
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 712

Footnotes

1. Luis Zambrano, Paola Mosig Reidl, Jeanne McKay, Richard Griffiths, Brad Shaffer, Oscar Flores-Villela, Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake 2010. Ambystoma mexicanum. 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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