Ambystoma bishopi
Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander
Ambystoma bishopi
Range USA: Western part of the Florida Panhandle and southwestern Georgia westward to extreme southwestern Alabama
IUCN Red Book Vulnerable
CITES No Listing
First described Goin, 1950

Taxonomic Note: Pauly et al. 2007 divided the former A. cingulatum into two species, Ambystoma bishopi (Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander) and Ambystoma cingulatum (Frosted Flatwoods Salamander).

Reference: Pauly, Gregory B., Oliver Piskurek & H. Bradley Shaffer 2007. Phylogeographic concordance in the southeastern United States: the Flatwoods Salamander, Ambystoma cingulatum, as a test case. Molecular Ecology 16: 415-429.

Ambystoma bishopi Ambystoma bishopi
A. bishopi from Florida panhandle.
Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi)
A. bishopi larva. Click to view on Flickr.

 

All Caudata Culture content is Copyright © 2000-. Various copyright holders; see volunteer page for details.
All rights reserved.
Use of site content without written agreement is forbidden. This site is covered by US Law and international treaties.

CC Home | About | Contact | Caudata.org

CC Site Search

Search this site
powered by FreeFind