Ambystoma rosaceum Taylor, 1941
Axolotes maculata Owen, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, 14: 23. Holotype: Not stated; BMNH 41.6.13.35 according to Brame, 1972, Checklist Living & Fossil Salamand. World (Unpubl. MS): 139. Type locality: "In Mexico, in fluviis Sierrae Madre, Chihuahua, lat. 26° 6′ N., longitude 106° 50′ W." Synonymy by Bishop, 1945, Herpetologica, 3: 24. Formerly placed in the synonymy of Ambystoma velasci by Dunn, 1940, Copeia, 1940: 157. Secondary homonym of Lacerta maculata Shaw, 1802 (= Ambystoma maculatum).
Ambystoma rosaceum Taylor, 1941, Copeia, 1941: 143. Holotype: EHT-HMS 23054, by original designation; now FMNH 100079 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 36. Type locality: "Mojárachic, Chihuahua, Mexico".
Ambystoma fluvinatum Taylor, 1941, Copeia, 1941: 144. Holotype: EHT-HMS 25383, by original designation; now FMNH 100108 according to Marx, 1976, Fieldiana, Zool., 69: 35. Type locality: "Mojárachic, Chihuahua, Mexico". Synonymy by Smith and Taylor, 1948, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 194: 13.
Ambystoma rosaceum nigrum Shannon, 1951, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 101: 466. Holotype: USNM, 123581, by original designation Type locality: "El Salto, Durango", Mexico. Distinctiveness rejected by Anderson, 1961, Copeia, 1961: 371-377.
Ambystoma rosaceum rosaceum — Shannon, 1951, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 101: 466.
Ambystoma rosaceum sonoriensis Shannon, 1951, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 101: 468. Holotype: USNM 17253, by original designation. Type locality: "Sonora, Mexico, 32 miles south of the Arizona border", Mexico. Rendered as "Pinetos Camp, Sonora, Mexico", by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 7. Distinctiveness of subspecies rejected by Anderson, 1961, Copeia, 1961: 371-377. Incorrect gender of subspecies name; should be sonoriense (DRF).
Ambystoma (Ambystoma) fluvinatum — Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3.
Ambystoma (Ambystoma) rosaceum — Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3, 36.
Ambystoma rosaceum sonoraensis — Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 7. Incorrect gender of subspecies name; should be sonoriense (DRF).
English Names
Tarahumara Salamander (Ambystoma rosaceum: Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 19; 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: 28).
Durango Tarahumara Salamander (Ambystoma rosaceum nigrum: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 9; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 28).
Common Tarahumara Salamander (Ambystoma rosaceum rosaceum: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 9; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 28).
Distribution
High elevations in the Sierra Madre Occidental from the region of western Zacatecas nroth through Durango and montane Sinaloa to northern Chihuahua and northern Sonora (Sierra Pinitos, Sierra de los Ajos, Sierra El Tigre, and Sierra San Luis in the north), Mexico.
Comment
Subspecies rejected by Anderson, 1961, Copeia, 1961: 371-377. Reviewed by Anderson, 1978, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 206: 1-2. Shaffer, 1983, Copeia, 1983: 67, noted that the species may be composed of two allopatric populations, which Shaffer and McKnight, 1996, Evolution, 50: 417-433, suggested are distinct species (which they did not formally identify with names) of which the southern (Durango/Zacatecas) population would be Ambystoma nigrum and the northern (Sonora/Chihuahua) Ambystoma rosaceum (DRF). Highton, 2000, in Bruce et al., Biol. Plethodontid Salamanders: 219, noted that the data provided by Shaffer and McKnight suggested that three species were covered by this name. Raffaëlli, 2007, Les Urodèles du Monde: 90-91, provided a brief account, figure, and map. Enderson, Quijada-Mascareñas, Turner, Rosen, and Bezy, 2009, Check List, 5: 632-672, reported the species in Sinaloa, Mexico.
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