Ambystoma

Ambystoma maculatum

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 (26): A. altamirani – A. amblycephalum – A. andersoni – A. annulatum – A. barbouri – A. bishopi – A. californiense – A. cingulatum – A. dumerilii – A. gracile – A. jeffersonianum – A. laterale – A. lermaense – A. mabeei – A. macrodactylum – A. maculatum – A. mavortium – A. mexicanum – A. opacum – A. ordinarium – A. rosaceum – A. silvense – A. talpoideum – A. texanum – A. tigrinum – A. velasci

Name

Ambystoma Tschudi, 1838: 92 [conserved name]

• Type species: Lacerta subviolacea Barton, 1804, by monotypy.
• Gender: neuter.
• Placed on Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 649 (1963: 102).

Synonyms

• Axolotus Jarocki, 1822: 22
  • Type species: Axolotus pisciformis Jarocki, 1822, by subsequent designation of Smith & Tihen (1961: 215)
  • Placed on Official List of Rejected and Invalid Names by Opinion 649 (1963: 102).

• Philhydrus Brookes, 1828: 16
  • Type species: Siren pisciformis Shaw, 1802, by monotypy.
  • Placed on Official List of Rejected and Invalid Names by Opinion 649 (1963: 102).

• Siredon Wagler, 1830: 209
  • Type species: Siredon axolotl Wagler, 1830 (= Gyrinus mexicanus Shaw and Nodder, 1789), by monotypy.
  • Placed on Official List of Rejected and Invalid Names by Opinion 649 (1963: 102).

• Phillhydrus Gray in Cuvier, 1831: 108
  • Type species: Siren pisciformis Shaw, 1802, by monotypy.
  • Placed on Official List of Rejected and Invalid Names by Opinion 649 (1963: 102).

• Axolot Bonaparte, 1831: 77
  • Type species: Siren pisciformis Shaw, 1802, by subsequent designation of Smith & Tihen (1961: 174).
  • Placed on Official List of Rejected and Invalid Names by Opinion 649 (1963: 102).

• Axolotus Cuvier, 1831: 89
  • Type species: Siren pisciformis Shaw, 1802, by monotypy.

• Sirenodon Wiegmann, 1832: 204
  • Type species: Siredon axolotl Wagler, 1830, by monotypy.
  • Placed on Official List of Rejected and Invalid Names by Opinion 649 (1963: 102).

• Stegoporus Wiegmann, 1832: 204 [substitute name for Sirenodon Wiegmann, 1832]
  • Placed on Official List of Rejected and Invalid Names by Opinion 649 (1963: 102).

• Axolotl — Van der Hoeven, 1833: 305 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Axolotus Cuvier, 1831

• Xiphonura Tschudi, 1838: 95
  • Type species: Salamandra jeffersoniana Green, 1827, by monotypy.

• Phylhydrus — Swainson, 1839
• Salamandroidis Fitzinger, 1843
• Axolotes — Owen, 1844
• Amblystoma — Agassiz, 1844
• Phyllidrus — Agassiz, 1844
• Limnarches Gistel, 1848
• Xiphoctonus Gistel, 1848
• Axolotus Gray, 1850
• Heterotriton Gray, 1850
• Salamandroides — Gray, 1850
• Plagiodon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Ambistoma — Jan, 1857
• Desmiostoma Sager, 1858
• Camarataxis Cope, 1859
• Axoloteles Wood, 1863
• Acholotes — Cope, 1868
• Pectoglossa Mivart, 1868
• Linguaelapsus Cope, 1887
• Rhyacosiredon Dunn, 1928
• Plioambystoma Adams & Martin, 1929
• Bathysiredon Dunn, 1939
• Lanebatrachus Taylor, 1941
• Ogallalabatrachus Taylor, 1941
• Ambystoma — Tihen, 1969

References

Primary references

• Tschudi, J. J. von. 1838. Classification der Batrachier mit Berücksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien. Petitpierre: Neuchâtel. Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1963. Opinion 649. Ambystoma Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia): validation under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(2): 102–104. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lowcock, L.A., Licht, L.E. & Bogart, J.P. 1987. Nomenclature in hybrid complexes of Ambystoma (Urodela: Ambystomatidae): no case for the erection of hybrid “species”. Systematic Zoology 36(3): 328–336. DOI: 10.2307/2413070 Reference page. 
• Shaffer, H.B., Clark, J.M. & Krays, F. 1991. When molecules and morphology clash: a phylogenetic analysis of the North American ambystomatid salamanders (Caudata: Ambystomatidae). Systematic Zoology 40(3): 284–303. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/40.3.284 Reference page. 
• O'Neill, E.M., Schwartz, R., Bullock, C.T., Williams, J.S., Shaffer, H.B., Aguilar-Miguel, X., Parra-Olea, G. & Weisrock, D.W. 2013. Parallel tagged amplicon sequencing reveals major lineages and phylogenetic structure in the North American tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) species complex. Molecular Ecology 22(1): 111–129. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12049 Reference page. 
• Everson, K.M., Gray, L.N., Jones, A.G., Lawrence, N.M., Foley, M.E., Sovacool, K.L., Kratovil, J.D., Hotaling, S., Hime, P.M., Storfer, A., Parra-Olea, G., Percino-Daniel, R., Aguilar-Miguel, X., O'Neill, E.M., Zambrano, L., Shaffer, H.B. & Weisrock, D.W. 2021. Geography is more important than life history in the recent diversification of the tiger salamander complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 18(17): e2014719118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014719118 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mole Salamanders
ไทย: แอกโซลอเติล

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