Ambystoma rivulare
Ambystoma rivulare is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. 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.[2] Ambystoma rivulare continue to live in the river they hatch in post-metamorphosis.[3]
| Ambystoma rivulare | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Ambystomatidae |
| Genus: | Ambystoma |
| Species: | A. rivulare |
| Binomial name | |
| Ambystoma rivulare Taylor, 1940 | |
References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). "Ambystoma rivulare". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59067A53974395. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- 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.
- 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.
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