The Jefferson salamander is a mole salamander native to the northeastern United States and to southern and central Ontario and southwestern Quebec, named for Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. It is slender, with a wide nose and long toes, colored dark gray, brown, or black above and lighter toward the front, with some individuals showing silvery or blue flecks along the sides, and it measures 4.3 to 7.1 inches long. It spends most of the year as a nocturnal burrower in deciduous forest with rich sandy soil, emerging in early spring to breed in fishless ponds and vernal pools. Globally it is least concern, but it is listed as endangered in Ontario since 2011, threatened throughout Canada, and state threatened in Illinois.
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleEcotourism and Research 2 Living or Extinct Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Scientific NameAmbystoma jeffersonianum 5 Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Jefferson Salamander (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Jefferson Salamander
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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1. Wikipedia: Jefferson Salamander
Wikipedialead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 344363
Like other mole salamanders, the Jefferson salamander burrows; they have well-developed lungs suited for this purpose.
Food
Adults are also carnivorous, eating a variety of small invertebrates.
Infobox: status
LC
In Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitat
They often burrow in rich sandy soils found in upland deciduous forests or sometimes in older-growth damp hemlock forests.
View the Source 2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyEconomic Importance for Humans: Positive
Salamanders have also proven to be valuable tools in examining various problems in disciplines such as evolution, ecology, animal behavior, physiology, and genetics.
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
View the Source 3. GBIF Species API
4. NatureServe Explorer: Ambystoma jeffersonianum
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G3"
5. Jefferson Salamander (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2511623 (P225 taxon name)
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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