Ambystoma rivulare (Taylor, 1940)
Rhyacosiredon rivularis Taylor, 1940, Herpetologica, 1: 171. Holotype: EHT-HMS 16388, by original designation; now FMNH 100003 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 41. Type locality: "about 13 km. west of Villa Victoria, México [state], in a small stream in pine forest", Mexico.
Ambystoma rivularis — Brandon, 1989, in Armstrong and Malacinski (eds.), Developmental Biol. Axolotl: 18. Smith and Smith, 1993, Synops. Herpetofauna Mex., 7: 11; Reilly and Brandon, 1994, Copeia, 1994: 656-662.
Ambystoma (Rhyacosiredon) rivularis — Moreno-Flores and Sánchez-Núñez, 1997, Vert. Mexicana, 4: 9.
Ambystoma rivulare — Frost, 2004, Amph. Spec. World Online, vers. 3.0: . agreement in gender.
English Names
Michoacan Stream Siredon (Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 9).
Michoacan Stream Salamander (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 27).
Toluca Stream Siredon (Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 28).
Distribution
Known from the region of the type locality in the Ajusco region of México, adjacent D.F., and west into northeastern Michoacan, Mexico.
Comment
Moreno-Flores and Sánchez-Núñez, 1997, Vert. Mexicana, 4: 9-12, reported the species for Michoacán, Mexico. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 90, provided a brief account, figure, and map.
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