mole salamander

English

a mole salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum)

Noun

mole salamander (plural mole salamanders)

1. A member of the salamander genus Ambystoma, especially .
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, page 15:

     The axolotl is a member of the Mole salamanders, a genus found only in North America, and one of a handful of species found only in the highland lakes of Mexico.

Hyponyms

• (salamander in Ambystoma): mountain stream salamander (), blunt-headed salamander (), Anderson's salamander (), ringed salamander (), streamside salamander (), reticulated flatwoods salamander (), delicate-skinned salamander (), California tiger salamander (), frosted flatwoods salamander (), Lake Patzcuaro salamander (), yellow-peppered salamander (), northwestern salamander (), granular salamander (), Jefferson salamander (), blue-spotted salamander (), silvery salamander (), Tremblay's salamander (), Lake Lerma salamander (), Leora's salamander (), Mabee's salamander (), long-toed salamander (), Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (), spotted salamander (), barred tiger salamander (), axolotl (), marbled salamander (), Puerto Hondo stream salamander (), Michoacan stream salamander (), Tarahumara salamander (), Durango salamander (), Taylor's salamander (), small-mouth salamander (), tiger salamander (), plateau tiger salamander ()

Further reading

• mole salamander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amblystoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Amblystoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons