Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Amphibia |
| Order | Caudata |
| Family | Ambystomatidae |
| Genus | Ambystoma |
| Species | Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Arkansas, Ohio
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson
- Arkansas
- Stone
- Ohio
- Pike
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2022.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- Prince Edward Island
- S5 Secure
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- New York
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Delaware
- S2 Imperiled
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wisconsin
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Texas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Rhode Island
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- S3 Vulnerable
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- S3 Vulnerable
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Godwin, J.C. 2008. Biological inventory of the cave and karst systems of The Nature Conservancy's Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 40 pp.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
- Seibert, H.C. & Brandon, R.A. 1960. The salamanders of southeastern Ohio. Ohio Journal of Science 60: 291–303. https://kb.osu.edu/bitstreams/1a8cbbb7–8184–5987–9c09-ac703d8485b9/download.
How to cite this account
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2160. https://cavebiology.org/species/ambystoma-maculatum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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