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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 annulatum
Name
Ambystoma annulatum Cope, 1886
Type locality: "vicinity of Hot Springs, [Garland County,] Arkansas", USA.
Holotype: USNM 11564.
Synonyms
Amblystoma annulatum Cope, 1886
Linguaelapsus annulatus — Cope, 1887
Ambystoma annulatum — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
Ambystoma (Linguaelapsus) annulatum — Tihen, 1958
Linguaelapsus annulatum — Freytag, 1959
Ambystoma annulatum — Anderson, 1965
References
Cope, 1886, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 23: 525.
Anderson, 1965, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 19: 1.
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 annulatum
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma annulatum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ambystoma annulatum (Least Concern) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Ringed Salamander
polski: Ambystoma pierścieniowa
The ringed salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) is a species of mole salamander native to hardwood and mixed hardwood-pine forested areas in and around the Ozark Plateau and Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.[2] Most specimens are found in the vicinity of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the Missouri portion of the Ozark Plateau.[3][4] Small populations have also been found in western Illinois and eastern Oklahoma.[2]
It is found in damp, forested areas, usually under leaves, rotting logs, or in abandoned ground holes of other organisms, near shallow ponds. Highly fossorial (adapted to digging), adults are often found in subterranean refuges.[2] This salamander is increasingly rare and perhaps endangered, likely a result of its restricted range and specific breeding habit needs.[2] The world population is thought to be around 100,000 animals. Its conservation status is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN.[1]
References
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Ambystoma annulatum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T59052A56219662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T59052A56219662.en. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
Petranka, James W. (2010). Salamanders of the United States and Canada. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 9781588343086.
Bishop, Sherman C. (1962). Handbook of Salamanders. New York: Hafner Publishing Company.
T., T. (1977). The Amphibians of Missouri. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Publications.
IUCN RangeMap: A. annulatum
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