Ambystoma texanum

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Ecology: It tolerates a wide range of ecological conditions: tall grass prairie, moist pine woodland, flood plain forest , oak woodland, dense hardwood forest, and intensely farmed areas. Adults are usually found underground, under rocks, leaves, logs , in crayfish burrows, etc. Breeding sites variable, include forest ponds, temporary pools , ditches, spring-fed pools , and slow upper portions of streams . Typically breeds in ponds or other lentic habitats ; attaches small clumps of eggs to vegetation or detritus in exposed sites; sometimes breeds in streams (recorded in Kentucky and Indiana); sometimes lays eggs cryptically as in A. barbouri; sometimes lays eggs singly (Kraus and Petranka 1989). (Ref. 253242).

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Ambystoma nothagenes Kraus • Salamandra texana • Salamandra texana Matthes

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 check list of North American amphibians and reptiles / by Leonhard Stejneger and Thomas Barbour. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. url p. 7.
• 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.
• Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 298, p. 299, p. 325.
• Amphibians of Illinois / by Paul W. Parmalee. Springfield, IL: Dept. of Registration and Education, 1954. url p. 14, p. 36, p. 38.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 176.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 16 1972 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 42.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 12, p. 134, p. 23, p. 24, p. 29, p. 35, p. 36.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 93 1943 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 11.
• Contributions to Texan herpetology. Waco, Tex., 1909. url , .
• Handbook of amphibians and reptiles of Kansas. 1950 Lawrence, 1950 url figs. 1-2, page 27, p. 3, fig. 4, page 30, fig. 11, page 38.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1956 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url fig. 1, page 27, p. 3, fig. 11, page 38.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1993 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 1, fig. 3, page 11, p. 15, p. 19, p. 25, p. 27, p. 3, p. 9.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 163, p. 39, p. 80.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 176.
• Reptiles and amphibians of Texas. Waco, Tex., Baylor University Press, 1915. url , , p. 56, p. 68.
• Systematics of the salamander genus Gyrinophilus Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1966. url p. 30.
• Textbook of zoology / by George Edwin Potter. St. Louis: Mosby, 1947. url p. 481.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 283.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 178, p. 181, p. 196, p. 197, p. 198, p. 385, p. 434, p. 435, p. 436, p. 436, p. 537, p. 663.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 37 1956 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 1374, p. 1378, p. 1379, p. 420.
• The amphibians of Missouri / by Tom R. Johnson. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1977. url p. vii.
• The changing Illinois environment: critical trends: technical report of the Critical Trends Assessment Project. Springfield, Ill.: Ill. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, 1994. url p. 151, p. 210.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. 28 1934 [St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis], 1860-1958. url p. 187.
• Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 166.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 1 1946 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 103.

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 & 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 texanum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• 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.
• Species At Risk Act Public Registry, Government of Canada

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• 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: 25761
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-173605
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173605
• IUCN ID: 190441
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAA01130
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1651

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