mole salamander

English

a mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum)

Noun

mole salamander (plural mole salamanders)

1. A member of the salamander genus Ambystoma, especially Ambystoma talpoideum.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15:

     The axolotl is a member of the Mole salamanders, a genus found only in North America, and one of a handful of species found only in the highland lakes of Mexico.

Hyponyms

• (salamander in Ambystoma): mountain stream salamander (Ambystoma altamirani), blunt-headed salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum), Anderson's salamander (Ambystoma andersoni), ringed salamander (Ambystoma annulatum), streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri), reticulated flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma bishopi), delicate-skinned salamander (Ambystoma bombypellum), California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum), Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii), yellow-peppered salamander (Ambystoma flavipiperatum), northwestern salamander (Ambystoma gracile), granular salamander (Ambystoma granulosum), Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum), blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale), silvery salamander (Ambystoma platineum), Tremblay's salamander (Ambystoma tremblayi), Lake Lerma salamander (Ambystoma lermaense), Leora's salamander (Ambystoma leorae), Mabee's salamander (Ambystoma mabeei), long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum), Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum), spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), barred tiger salamander (Amblystoma mavortium), axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum), Puerto Hondo stream salamander (Ambystoma ordinarium), Michoacan stream salamander (Ambystoma rivulare), Tarahumara salamander (Ambystoma rosaceum), Durango salamander (Ambystoma silvense), Taylor's salamander (Ambystoma taylori), small-mouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum), tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum), plateau tiger salamander (Ambystoma velasci)

Further reading

• mole salamander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ambystoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ambystoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons