mole salamander

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mole salamander - brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States

Ambystoma talpoideum

ambystomid, ambystomid salamander - small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander

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Microhabitat types promote the genetic structure of a micro-endemic and critically endangered mole salamander (Ambystoma leorae) of Central Mexico.

Histological Characteristics of Gills and Dorsal Skin in Ambystoma leorae and Ambystoma rivulare: Morphological Changes for Living at High Altitude/Caracteristicas Histologicas de la Piel del Dorso y las Branquias en Ambystoma leorae y Ambystoma rivulare: Cambios Morfologicos para Vivir a Gran Altitud

I also discovered several new mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) locales on Walden's Ridge in Hamilton and Marion counties during Autumn searches (Fig.

The Cumberland Plateau disjunct paradox and the biogeography and conservation of pond-breeding amphibians

Enclosed is what I believe to be a spotted mole salamander. I found it dead in our driveway on December 21, 2005.

Salamander in snow

Semlitsch RD: Terrestrial activity and summer home range of the mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum).

Assessment of subcutaneously implanted reflector tags for relocating mole salamanders (Ambystoma talpoideum)

The mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) is one of the few animal species said to be facultatively paedomorphic, meaning it can exhibit either a complex life cycle (CLC) by undergoing metamorphosis, or a simple life-cycle (SLC) by achieving sexual maturity as a larva, making A, talpoideum an ideal species for the study of life-cycle evolution (I).

The effects of food, temperature, and light on growth, metamorphosis, and sexual maturation in the mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum). (Collegiate Communications--Undergraduate)

Life history aspects of paedogenic populations of the mole salamander, Ambystoma talpoideum.

Maintenance of polymorphism promoted by sex-specific fitness payoffs

Family Ambystomatidae.--The small-mouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum, ISUVC #4089) is the only mole salamander we captured.

Urban herpetology II: amphibians and reptiles of the Indianapolis airport conservation lands

These six species are mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum), tiger salamander (A.

Terrestrial Activity, Abundance and Species Richness of Amphibians in Managed Forests in South Carolina

Two local populations of the mole salamander Ambystoma talpoideum (Caudata: Ambystomatidae) were previously found to have similar phenotypic values for per capita fecundity and life-history pathway (paedomorphosis and metamorphosis), but to have different genetic bases for those traits (Harris et al.

Local variation in the genetic basis of morphological traits in the salamander Ambystoma talpoideum

The eggs, found in roughly 8,000 cubic feet of water, belong to wood frogs and, most likely, yellow spotted mole salamanders, neither of which is an endangered species, Mr.

Frog eggs are no obstacle; Hotelier adapts to vernal pool

Flatwoods salamanders are a type of amphibian often known as "mole salamanders" because they spend much of their life burrowed underground.