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Ambystomatidae (mole salamander)
Taxonomy
Ambystomatidae was named by Hallowell (1856). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ambystomoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Urodela by Cope (1875), Haubold (1971); to Caudata by Holman (1977), Holman et al. (1990), Frank and Ramus (1996); to Ambystomatoidea by Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Gao and Shubin (2001); and to Urodela by Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
It was assigned to Ambystomoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Urodela by Cope (1875), Haubold (1971); to Caudata by Holman (1977), Holman et al. (1990), Frank and Ramus (1996); to Ambystomatoidea by Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Gao and Shubin (2001); and to Urodela by Skutschas and Gubin (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1856 | Ambystomatidae Hallowell |
| 1875 | Amblystomidae Cope p. 12 |
| 1946 | Ambystomidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1971 | Ambystomatidae Haubold p. 25 |
| 1977 | Ambystomatidae Holman p. 161 |
| 1981 | Ambystomatidae Estes |
| 1988 | Ambystomatidae Carroll |
| 1990 | Ambystomatidae Holman et al. p. 522 |
| 1996 | Ambystomatidae Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Ambystomatidae Gao and Shubin p. 576 |
| 2012 | Ambystomatidae Skutschas and Gubin |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Ambystomatidae Hallowell 1856 [mole salamander]
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G. Amblystoma Tschudi 1838 [mole salamander]
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Amblystoma maculatum Shaw 1802 [Spotted salamander]
†Amblystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963
Ambystoma gracile Baird 1859 [Northwestern salamander]
†Ambystoma hibbardi Tihen 1955
†Ambystoma kansense Adams and Martin 1929
Ambystoma mexicanum Shaw 1789 [axolotl]
†Ambystoma minshalli Tihen and Chantell 1963
Ambystoma opacum Gravenhorst 1807 [Marbled salamander]
Ambystoma texanum Matthes 1855 [Small-mouth salamander]
Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 [tiger salamander]
†Ambystoma tiheni Holman 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available