Ambystoma mexicanum

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 mexicanum

Name

Ambystoma mexicanum (Shaw & Nodder, 1798)

Holotype: BM, lost.
Type locality: "Xochimilco", Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Synonymy

Amblystoma weismanni Wiedersheim, 1879: 216
Ambystoma edule Dugès, 1888
Ambystoma mexicanum — Lafrentz, 1930
Ambystoma mexicanum — Garman, 1884
Ambystoma (Ambystoma) mexicanum — Tihen, 1958
Axoloteles guttatus — Wood, 1863
Axolotes guttata Owen, 1844
Axolotl pisciformis — Guérin-Méneville, 1838
Axolotus pisciformis — Cuvier, 1831
Hemitriton (Siredon) mexicanum — Van der Hoeven, 1833
Hypochton pisciformis — Gravenhorst, 1829
Gyrinus mexicanus Shaw & Nodder, 1798
Philhydrus pisciformis — Brookes, 1828
Phyllhydrus pisciformis — Gray in Cuvier, 1831
Siredon axolotl Wagler, 1830
Siredon edule Dugès, 1888
Siredon alba — Smith, 1969
Siredon Humboldtii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Siredon mexicanum — Baird, 1850
Siredon mexicanus — Schinz, 1833
Siredon pisciformis — Wiedersheim, 1877
Siredon spec.? var. alba Duméril, 1869
Siren axolotl — Schlegel, 1858
Siren pisciformis Shaw, 1802
Sirenodon pisciformis — Wiegmann, 1832
Stegoporus mexicanum — Wiegmann, 1832
Stegoporus mexicanus — Leunis, 1860
Stegoporus pisciformis — Wiegmann, 1832
Triton mexicanus — Oppel, 1811

References

Shaw and Nodder, 1798, Nat. Miscell., 9: pls. 342 and 343.
Wiedersheim, R. 1879. Zur Anatomie des Amblystoma Weismanni. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 32: 216–236. BHL Reference page.
Lafrentz, 1930, Abh. Ber. Mus. Nat. Heimatkd. Magdeburg, 6: 95.
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 mexicanum
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma mexicanum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ambystoma mexicanum (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Аксалотль
български: Аксолотл
čeština: Axolotl mexický
dansk: Axolotl
Deutsch: Axolotl
English: Axolotl
español: Ajolote
français: Axolotl
italiano: Axolotl
日本語: アホロートル
Nāhuatl: Axolotl
Nederlands: Axolotl
polski: Ambystoma meksykańska
português: Ambystoma mexicanum
русский: Аксолотль
ไทย: แอกโซลอเติล
Türkçe: Aksolotl
українська: Аксолотль
Tiếng Việt: Kỳ giông Mexico
中文: 墨西哥蠑螈

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