Ambystoma rivulare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species:
A. rivulare
Binomial name
Ambystoma rivulare
Taylor, 1940

Ambystoma rivulare is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. Typically gains a lot of population distribution in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt around central Mexico City. Found in various small or medium-sized ponds and lakes that have large and wide range of food options, all within a distance of at least 2 km.[2] It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. The larvae, who continue to prey on the same organisms as they grow, prey mainly on ostracods as well as some gastropods and assorted other prey with limited diversity.[3] Ambystoma rivulare continue to live in the river they hatch in post-metamorphosis.[4]

References

  1. ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Ambystoma rivulare". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59067A53974395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59067A53974395.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Heredia-Bobadilla, Rosa-Laura; Monroy-Vilchis, Octavio; Zarco-González, Martha M.; Martínez-Gómez, Daniel; Mendoza-Martínez, Germán David; Sunny, Armando (December 2016). "Genetic structure and diversity in an isolated population of an endemic mole salamander (Ambystoma rivulare Taylor, 1940) of central Mexico". Genetica. 144 (6): 689–698. doi:10.1007/s10709-016-9935-9. hdl:20.500.11799/71079. ISSN 0016-6707. PMID 27796527. S2CID 42803761.
  3. ↑ Lemos-Espinal, Julio A. (2015). "Diet of larval Ambystoma rivulare (Caudata: Ambystomatidae), a threatened salamander from the Volcán Nevado de Toluca, Mexico". Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology. 14 (1): 33–41. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v14i1p33-41.
  4. ↑ Heredia-Bobadilla, Rosa-Laura (28 October 2016). "Genetic structure and diversity in an isolated population of an endemic mole salamander (Ambystoma rivulare Taylor, 1940) of central Mexico". Genetica. 144 (6): 689–698. doi:10.1007/s10709-016-9935-9. hdl:20.500.11799/71079. PMID 27796527. S2CID 42803761.


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