Ambystoma

Translingual

Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamamder)

Etymology

A misspelling by Johann Jakob von Tschudi of what was intended to be Amblystoma, which he had derived from Ancient Greek ἀμβλύς (amblús, “dull”) and στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Proper noun

Ambystoma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ambystomatidae – the mole salamanders.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ambystoma maculatum - type species; Ambystoma altamirani, Ambystoma amblycephalum, Ambystoma andersoni, Ambystoma annulatum, Ambystoma barbouri, Ambystoma bishopi, Ambystoma bombypellum, Ambystoma californiense, Ambystoma cingulatum, Ambystoma dumerilii, Ambystoma flavipiperatum, Ambystoma gracile, Ambystoma granulosum, Ambystoma jeffersonianum, Ambystoma laterale, Ambystoma leorae, Ambystoma lermaense, Ambystoma mabeei, Ambystoma macrodactylum, Ambystoma mavortium, Ambystoma mexicanum, Ambystoma opacum, Ambystoma ordinarium, Ambystoma rivulare, Ambystoma rosaceum, Ambystoma silvense, Ambystoma subsalsum, Ambystoma talpoideum, Ambystoma taylori, Ambystoma texanum, Ambystoma tigrinum, Ambystoma velasci - other species

References

• Ambystoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ambystoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ambystoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ambystoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ambystoma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ambystoma available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera