Blue-spotted salamander

Blue-spotted salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species:
A. laterale
Binomial name
Ambystoma laterale
Hallowell, 1856
Range of A. laterale in pink

The blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale) is a mole salamander native to the Great Lakes states and northeastern United States, and parts of Ontario[2] and Quebec[3] in Canada. Their range is known to extend to James Bay to the north, and southeastern Manitoba to the west.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Ambystoma laterale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T59060A56459409. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T59060A56459409.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ MacCulloch, R.D. (2002). The ROM Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Ontario. ROM/McClelland & Stewart. p. 168.
  3. ^ MacCulloch, R.D. & J.R. Bider (1975). "New records of amphibians and garter snakes in the Hudson's Bay area of Quebec". Canadian Field-Naturalist. 89: 80–82.