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Ambystoma andersoni Krebs and Brandon, 1984

Class: Amphibia > Order: Caudata > Family: Ambystomatidae > Genus: Ambystoma

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Ambystoma andersoni Krebs and Brandon, 1984, Herpetologica, 40: 238. Holotype: AMNH 100096, by original designation. "Laguna de Zacapu, 2000 m elevation, Michoacan, Mexico".

English Names

Anderson's Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 8; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 26; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 27).

Distribution

Known only from Laguna de Zacapú and the stream flowing from it, near Zacapú, Michoacán, Mexico, 2000 m elevation.

Comment

Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 85-86; provided a brief account, figure, and map. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 543.

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