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Marbled salamander: Adults are 3.5 to 5 inches (8.9 to 12.7 cm) long and are colored black or dark gray with white or gray markings. Considered an endangered species in Michigan. [3] Ambystoma texanum: Small-mouth salamander: Adults are 4.3 to 7 inches (11 to 18 cm) long and are colored black, gray or brown. Considered an endangered species in ...
Western tiger salamander: Ambystoma mavortium : 2012 [5] Georgia: American green tree frog: Hyla cinerea: 2005 [6] Idaho: Idaho giant salamander: Dicamptodon aterrimus: 2015 [7] Illinois: Eastern tiger salamander: Ambystoma tigrinum: 2005 [8] Iowa: American bullfrog: Rana catesbeiana: Unofficial Kansas: Barred tiger salamander: Ambystoma ...
Tiger salamanders have been shown to travel up to 255 meters after their breeding cycles are complete, which is likely them returning to their original home ranges. [21] Some research has shown that females will travel farther than males. [22] However, a single tiger salamander has only a 50% chance of breeding more than once in its lifetime.
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Long-toed salamander, Ambystoma macrodactylum LC (Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, A. m. croceum: E) Spotted salamander, Ambystoma maculatum LC Western tiger salamander, Ambystoma mavortium (Sonoran tiger salamander, A. m. stebbinsi: E) Marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum LC Mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum LC
The mole salamanders (genus Ambystoma) are a group of advanced salamanders endemic to North America. The group has become famous due to the study of the axolotl (A. mexicanum) in research on paedomorphosis, and the tiger salamander (A. tigrinum, A. mavortium) which is often sold as a pet, and is the official amphibian of four US states.
Plethodon is part of the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders) and the subfamily Plethodontinae.The genus Plethodon can be divided into two subgenera: the nominal subgenus Plethodon, which includes up to 49 eastern species (the bulk of diversity in the genus), and the subgenus Hightonia, [5] which includes 9 species native to the western part of North America.
Aquatic salamander teeth are used to hinder escape of the prey from the salamander; they do not have a crushing function. [17] This aids the salamander when feeding. When the salamander performs the "suck and gape" feeding style, the prey is pulled into the mouth, and the teeth function to hold the prey inside the mouth and prevent the prey ...