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Amblystoma (mole salamander)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Amblystoma Tschudi
1875Amblystoma Cope p. 25
1964Ambystoma Estes and Tihen p. 456
1965Ambystoma Lynch p. 73
1977Ambystoma Holman p. 161
1981Ambystoma Estes
1981Ambystoma Holman and Sullivan p. 138
1988Ambystoma Carroll
1990Ambystoma Holman et al. p. 522
1996Ambystoma Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyAmbystomatidaeHallowell 1856
genusAmblystomaTschudi 1838

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