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Long-toed Salamander
Ambystoma macrodactylum Baird, 1850

Current SSAR Comments:
Lee-Yaw and Irwin (2012, Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25: 2276–2287) and Lee-Yaw et al. (2014, Molecular Ecology 23: 4590–4602) evaluated geographic variation of mtDNA and nuclear genes throughout the range of the species and found the distributions of five lineages did not completely agree with those of the five presently recognized subspecies but suggested no changes in the taxonomy of the species. Raffaëlli (2022, Salamanders & Newts of the World. Plumelec, Penclen) continued to recognize the five subspecies.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Flat-footed Salamander (Amblystoma macrodactylum: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Eastern Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum columbianum: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith. 1978. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36); Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith. 1978. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36); Northern Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum krausei: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith. 1978. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36); Western Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum macrodactylum: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith. 1978. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36); Southern Long-toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum sigillatum: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith. 1978. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1850 Baird, Spencer F. Revision of the North American tailed-batrachia, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1(4):281-294
2012 Lee-Yaw, J. A. and D. E. Irwin. Large geographic range size reflects a patchwork of divergent lineages in the long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(11):2276–2287
2014 Lee-Yaw, J. A., C. G. C Jacobs, and D. E. Irwin. Individual performance in relation to cytonuclear discordance in a northern contact zone between long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum) lineages. Molecular Ecology 23(18):4590-4602
2022 Raffaelli, J. Salamanders & Newts of the World. Plumelec, France: Penclen Édition.. pp.

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