FOCAL EDGE SPECIES
Granular Salamander
Ambystoma granulosum
The granular salamander, unlike many of its close relatives, is a fully metamorphosing species of mole salamander. It therefore develops into an adult form, losing its larval characteristics such as gills and fins, and developing adult traits such as eyelids and functioning lungs.
Conservation Attention
Low
Taylor’s Salamander
Ambystoma taylori
Taylor’s salamander exhibits some incredible features, such as being able to live in salt waters with such high salinity that it would kill most other amphibian species!
Conservation Attention
Low
Lake Lerma Salamander
Ambystoma lermaense
The Lake Lerma salamander is a large species of lungless salamander, reaching almost a quarter of a metre long!
Conservation Attention
Low