Spotted Salamander, also known as the yellow-spotted salamander, is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae, native to the eastern United States and Canada and ranging from Nova Scotia to Lake Superior to southern Georgia and Texas. It is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina, and its embryos have been found hosting the symbiotic algae Chlorococcum amblystomatis living in and around them, the only known example of vertebrate cells hosting an endosymbiont microbe.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Spotted salamander (Wikidata)
In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ambystoma maculatum
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Ambystoma maculatum
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Ambystoma maculatum
Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
In Biome: Lake, Habitat Regions, biome: lakes and ponds
lakes and ponds
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Spotted salamander (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2108247 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q2108247
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Ambystoma, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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