Small-mouthed Salamander
Ambystoma texanum
- Class
- Amphibian
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,078
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The small-mouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum) is a species of mole salamander found in the central United States, from the Great Lakes region in Michigan to Nebraska, south to Texas, and east to Tennessee, with a population in Canada, in Pelee, Ontario. It is sometimes referred to as the Texas salamander, porphyry salamander, or the narrow-mouthed salamander. The Kelley's Island salamander (Ambystoma nothagenes) was synonymized with A.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Small-mouth salamander”.