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| Santa Cruz long-toed salamander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Ambystomatidae |
| Genus: | Ambystoma |
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| Subspecies: | A. m. croceum
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| Trinomial name | |
| Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum Russell & Anderson, 1956
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The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) is an endangered subspecies of the long-toed salamander, which is found only close to a few isolated ponds in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in California. It has a black body, broken yellow or orange irregular striping along its spine, and a tail fin well evolved for swimming. Like other mole salamanders, it is found near pools or slow-moving streams and has a very secretive lifestyle, making it difficult to find.
- ^ Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum 2014. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Accessed: January 8, 2015