Ambystoma macrodactylum — Overview

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Least Concern (LC)

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A small species of Ambystoma, dark gray to black with a yellow, tan or olive green dorsal stripe often broken up into blotches (Stebbins 1951). The sides have some white speckling. The ventral side is gray or black (Petranka 1998).

Ambystoma macrodactylum columbianum A. m. croceum, A. m. krausei, A. m. macrodactylum, A. m. sigillatum are subspecies.

See other subspecies accounts at www.californiaherps.com: A. m. croceum and A. m. sigillatum.

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