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Flatwoods Salamander (other)
Flatwoods salamanders are mole salamanders of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina: * ''Ambystoma cingulatum The frosted flatwoods salamander (''Ambystoma cingulatum'') is a small (9-13.5 cm total length), elongated species of mole salamander. It has a small, indistinct head, short legs, and a long, rounded tail. Typical coloration consists of ...'', the frosted flatwoods salamander, native to the coastal plan in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida east of the Apalachicola River * '' Ambystoma bishopi'', the reticulated flatwoods salamander, native to the western Florida panhandle and southwestern Georgia {{disambiguation Animal common name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mole Salamander
The mole salamanders (genus ''Ambystoma'') are a group of advanced salamanders endemic to North America. The group has become famous due to the presence of the axolotl (''A. mexicanum''), widely used in research due to its paedomorphosis, and the tiger salamander (''A. tigrinum, A. mavortium'') which is the official amphibian of many states, and often sold as a pet. General description Terrestrial mole salamanders are identified by having wide, protruding eyes, prominent costal grooves, and thick arms. Most have vivid patterning on dark backgrounds, with marks ranging from deep blue spots to large yellow bars depending on the species. Terrestrial adults spend most of their lives underground in burrows, either of their own making or abandoned by other animals. Some northern species may hibernate in these burrows throughout the winter. They live alone and feed on any available invertebrate. Adults spend little time in the water, only returning to the ponds of their birth to br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambystoma Cingulatum
The frosted flatwoods salamander (''Ambystoma cingulatum'') is a small (9-13.5 cm total length), elongated species of mole salamander. It has a small, indistinct head, short legs, and a long, rounded tail. Typical coloration consists of a background of brownish- to purplish-black overlaid with narrow gray or silvery-white reticulations (net-like markings), bands, or diffuse spotting. The gilled aquatic larvae are distinctly colored, having a series of bold brown and yellow longitudinal stripes. The frosted flatwoods salamander has a very narrow geographic distribution, occurring only in the southeastern coastal plain of the United States. It inhabits seasonally wet pine flatwoods and pine savannas east of the Apalachicola River in northern Florida, southern South Carolina, and southern Georgia. Prior to European settlement, it was most likely a common member of the fire-maintained longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'')-wiregrass (''Aristida spp.'') community, which has sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambystoma Bishopi
The reticulated flatwoods salamander (''Ambystoma bishopi'') is a species of mole salamander, an amphibian in the family Ambystomatidae. The species is native to a small portion of the southeastern coastal plain of the United States in the western panhandle of Florida and extreme southwestern Georgia. The species once occurred in portions of southern Alabama but is now considered extirpated there. Its ecology and life history are nearly identical to its sister species, the frosted flatwoods salamander (''A. cingulatum''). ''A. bishopi'' inhabits seasonally wet pine flatwoods and pine savannas west of the Apalachicola River-Flint River system. The fire ecology of longleaf pine savannas is well-known, but there is less information on natural fire frequencies of wetland habitats in this region.Frost CC (1993). "Presettlement fire regimes in southeastern marshes, peatlands, and swamps". pp. 39-60 ''In'': Cerulean SI, Engstrom RT (editors). (1993). ''Fire in Wetlands: A Management Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
