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Basic information
Ambystoma maculatum
Spotted Salamander
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderSalamanders
FamilyMole salamanders
GenusMole salamanders
- English name
- Spotted Salamander
- Alternative names
- Salamandre maculée, Yellow-spotted Salamander
- Synonyms
- Amblystoma maculatum, Ambystoma carolina, Ambystoma carolinae, Ambystoma subviolaceum, Ambystome argus, Camarataxis maculata, Lacerta maculata, Lacerta punctata, Lacerta subviolacea, Salamandra argus, Salamandra maculata, Salamandra margaritifera, Salamandra subviolacea, Salamandra venenosa, Salamandroidis subviolacea, Siredon maculatus
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 248 mm
- Body mass
- max 24 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 32 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Clutch size
- 144–370 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf5991 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · CQ4J · COL26.9