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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 flavipiperatum
Name
Ambystoma flavipiperatum Dixon, 1963: 99
Holotype: TCWC 12779, ♂, collected by J.R. Dixon on 17 June 1956.
Type locality: “one mile north of Santa Cruz, Jalisco, Mexico, 4,900 ft altitude”.
References
Primary references
Dixon, J.R. 1963. A New Species of Salamander of the Genus Ambystoma from Jalisco, Mexico. Copeia 1963(1): 99–101. DOI: 10.2307/1441275 Reference page.
Links
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 flavipiperatum
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma flavipiperatum. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2016. IUCN: Ambystoma flavipiperatum (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59056A3075883. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T59056A3075883.en
Vernacular names
English: Yellow-peppered Salamander
español: Ajolote de Chapala
The yellow-peppered salamander (Ambystoma flavipiperatum) also known as the salamandra de Champala and the yellow-headed salamander, is a species of mole salamander native to areas at an elevation of 4900 ft around Santa Cruz, Rancho Malveste and Tapalpa in Jalisco, Mexico.
It is a large yellow salamander with large dark spots running down its dorsal surface – thus the "yellow-peppered" designation. This is also the meaning of its species name in Latin. It has almond eyes and a wide body. It was described as most similar to the Blunt-Headed Salamander, Ambystoma amblycephalum.
Larvae have the same coloration as adults, and can be quite large before undergoing metamorphosis. They have long, thick external gills, almond eyes, and tall caudal fins. Neoteny may occur in some individuals, but neotenic populations are not known.
References
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Ambystoma flavipiperatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59056A3075883. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T59056A3075883.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Dixon, James R. (1963). "A New Species of Salamander of the Genus Ambystoma from Jalisco, Mexico". Copeia. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 1963 (1): 99–101. doi:10.2307/1441275. ISSN 1938-5110. JSTOR 1441275.
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