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Amblystoma (mole salamander)
Taxonomy
Amblystoma was named by Tschudi (1838). It is extant.
It was corrected as Ambystoma by Estes (1981), Frank and Ramus (1996); it was misspelled as Ambystoma by Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990), Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Amblystomidae by Cope (1875); and to Ambystomatidae by Estes and Tihen (1964), Lynch (1965), Holman (1977), Estes (1981), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990), Frank and Ramus (1996), Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was corrected as Ambystoma by Estes (1981), Frank and Ramus (1996); it was misspelled as Ambystoma by Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990), Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Amblystomidae by Cope (1875); and to Ambystomatidae by Estes and Tihen (1964), Lynch (1965), Holman (1977), Estes (1981), Holman and Sullivan (1981), Carroll (1988), Holman et al. (1990), Frank and Ramus (1996), Eshelman et al. (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1838 | Amblystoma Tschudi |
| 1875 | Amblystoma Cope p. 25 |
| 1964 | Ambystoma Estes and Tihen p. 456 |
| 1965 | Ambystoma Lynch p. 73 |
| 1977 | Ambystoma Holman p. 161 |
| 1981 | Ambystoma Estes |
| 1981 | Ambystoma Holman and Sullivan p. 138 |
| 1988 | Ambystoma Carroll |
| 1990 | Ambystoma Holman et al. p. 522 |
| 1996 | Ambystoma Frank and Ramus |
| 2025 | Amblystoma Eshelman et al. p. 76 |
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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.
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