Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Caudata > Amphiumidae > Amphiuma > Amphiuma tridactylum

Amphiuma tridactylum (Three-toed Amphiuma)

Synonyms: Amphiuma means tridactylum; Amphiuma tridactyla; Muraenopsis tridactyla; Siren quadrupes; Syren quadrapeda

Wikipedia Abstract

The three-toed amphiuma, Amphiuma tridactylum, is a species of aquatic salamander native to the Southeastern United States.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
33
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
53
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 64.35
EDGE Score: 4.18

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  3.477 feet (106 cm)
Gestation [2]  4 months 15 days
Litter Size [2]  200
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  16 years
Female Maturity [1]  3 years
Male Maturity [1]  3 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park II 616880 Texas, United States
Hot Springs National Park II 5740 Arkansas, United States
Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve National Historical Park II 17686 Louisiana, United States

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Megalodiscus americanus[3]
Telorchis stunkardi <Unverified Name>[3]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, 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.
2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
3Gibson, 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