Spotted Salamander
(Ambystoma maculatum)
Shaw, 1802
Genus
Ambystoma
Species
maculatum
Subspecies
N/A
Common Name
Spotted Salamander
Other Names
Brown Spotted Salamander, Yellow Spotted Salamander, Spotted Eft, Violet Colored Salamander, Large Spotted Salamander
Conservation
Status
Global: G5
Alabama: S5
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Low Conservation Concern: P4
Taxa that are secure, yet conservation concerns exist because of one of four of the following: relative abundance; limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems; specialized habitat needs/increasing habitat vulnerability due to natural/human-caused factors. Research on specific problems suggested.
Taxon
Ambystoma (Ambystoma) maculatum — Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3
Lacerta maculata Shaw, 1802, Gen. Zool., 3(1), Salamandra venenosa Daudin, 1803 “An. XI”, Hist. Nat. Gen. Part. Rept., 8, Lacerta subviolacea Barton, 1804, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., 6, Salamandra maculata — Green, 1818, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1:, Salamandra subviolacea — Harlan, 1827, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 5:, Ambystoma subviolaceum — Tschudi, 1838, Classif. Batr.:, Salamandroidis subviolacea — Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept.:, Ambystoma punctata — Baird, 1850 “1849”, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 1:, Siredon maculatus — Baird, 1850 “1849”, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 1:, Ambystoma carolinae Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad., Salamandra argus Gray, 1850, Cat. Spec. Amph. Coll. Brit. Mus., Batr. Grad, Ambystome argus Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9, Salamandra margaritifera Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854, Erp. Gen., 9, Ambistoma punctatum — Jan, 1857, Cenni Mus. Civ. Milano, Camarataxis maculata — Cope, 1859, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 11:, Ambystoma carolina — Wood, 1863, Illust. Nat. Hist., 3:, Salamandra maculata — Wied-Neuwied, 1865, Nova Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caesar Leopold Carol., Halle, 32, Amblystoma punctatum — Cope, 1868 “1867”, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 19, Amblystoma maculatum — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Grad. Batr. Apoda Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2, Ambystoma punctatum — Hay, 1892, Annu. Rep. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. Indiana for 1891, Ambystoma maculatum — Stejneger, 1902, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 15, Ambystoma (Ambystoma) maculatum — Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3
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