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Ambystoma
(redirected from mole salamander)

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Ambystoma
a genus of amphibians of the class Amphibia; syn. Seridon.

Ambystoma mexicanum
a four-legged, gilled amphibian, a neotenous newt that breeds in the larval stage. Is related to the salamanders but unlike them rarely metamorphoses to the adult stage. Called also axolotl, Mexican axolotl, Mexican walking fish.


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Wood frogs and mole salamanders only breed in these temporary bodies of water and rely on them as nurseries for their young.
The small-mouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum, ISUVC #4089) is the only mole salamander we captured.
 
 
 
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