Mudpuppy, scientifically Necturus maculosus, is a fully aquatic salamander in the family Proteidae, native to the eastern United States and Canada. As an amphibian with external gill slits it is often used for dissection in comparative anatomy classes, and it has the largest range of any fully aquatic salamander in North America.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Necturus maculosus
River, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Necturus maculosus
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Necturus maculosus
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Necturus maculosus
Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
In Biome: Lake, Habitat Regions, biome: lakes and ponds
lakes and ponds
In Biome: River, Habitat Regions, biome: rivers and streams
rivers and streams
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Common mudpuppy (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q604445 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q604445
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Amphibia, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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