Ambystoma flavipiperatum Dixon, 1963, Copeia, 1963: 99. Holotype: TCWC 12779, by original designation. Type locality: "one mile north of Santa Cruz, Jalisco, Mexico, 4,900 ft altitude".
Yellow-peppered Salamander (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 9; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 27; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 27).
Known only from the area of the type locality (near Santa Cruz) and near Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico, 2000-2100 m elevation.
Most similar to Ambystoma amblycephalum according to the original publication. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 85; provided a brief account, figure, and map.
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