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Ambystoma annulatum (Ringed Salamander)

Synonyms: Amblystoma annulatum; Linguaelapsus annulatum; Linguaelapsus annulatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The ringed salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) is native to hardwood and mixed hardwood-pine forested areas in and around the Ozark Plateau and Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Most specimens are found in the vicinity of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the Missouri portion of the Ozark Plateau. Small populations have also been found in western Illinois and eastern Oklahoma.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
22
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 42.62
EDGE Score: 3.78
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Attributes

Adult Length [2]  9 inches (23.8 cm)
Litter Size [2]  233
Litters / Year [2]  1
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Temporary Pools
Diet [1]  Carnivore

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central U.S. hardwood forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Ozark Mountain forests United States Nearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Hot Springs National Park II 5740 Arkansas, United States

Predators

Didelphis virginiana (Virginia Opossum)[3]
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cosmocercoides variabilis <Unverified Name>[4]
Rhabdias ambystomae[4]
Rhabdias ranae[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0