Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: Ambystoma amblycephalum
Name
Ambystoma amblycephalum Taylor, 1940
Type locality: "15 km. west of Morelia [Tacícuaro], Michoacán", Mexico.
Holotype: FMNH 100104.
Synonyms
Ambystoma amblycephala Taylor, 1940
Ambystoma amblycephalum — Smith & Taylor, 1948
Ambystoma (Ambystoma) amplycephalum — Tihen, 1958
References
Taylor, 1940 "1939", Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 26: 420.
Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3, 35.
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 amblycephalum
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma amblycephalum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ambystoma amblycephalum (Critically Endangered) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Blunthead Salamander
The blunt-headed Salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum) is a mole salamander endemic to Mexico. It is only known from the vicinity of its type locality, near Morelia, in Michoacán state in Southwestern Mexico.[2] It inhabits a landscape consisting of a mosaic of natural grasslands and pine-oak forests at elevations of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl). Breeding takes place in ponds.[1]
It has both neotenic and terrestrial populations. Neotenic populations are perennibranchiate and retain their fins. Neotenes are very long with extremely short, blunt heads and round eyes. They have relatively short, thick gills. Their coloring is dark brown-gray dorsally, with a lighter gray under-belly. They have small, dark marks on their head and back.
References
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Ambystoma amblycephalum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59050A53973313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T59050A53973313.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ambystoma amblycephalum Taylor, 1940". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
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