Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum
- Class
- Amphibian
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 29,768
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The spotted salamander, also known commonly as the yellow-spotted salamander, is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. The species is native to the eastern United States and Canada. It is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina. The species ranges from Nova Scotia, to Lake Superior, to southern Georgia and Texas. Its embryos have been found to have symbiotic algae, Chlorococcum amblystomatis, living in and around them, the only known example of vertebrate cells hosting an endosymbiont microbe.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Spotted salamander”.