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title: "Salamandra de Boca Pequeña"
description: "Ambystoma texanum — Anfibios. The small-mouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum) is a species of mole salamander found in the central United States, from the Great Lakes region in Michigan to Nebraska, south to Texas, and east to Tennessee, with a population in Canada, in Pelee, Ontario."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/small-mouthed-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Salamandra de Boca Pequeña

> Ambystoma texanum — Anfibios. The small-mouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum) is a species of mole salamander found in the central United States, from the Great Lakes region in Michigan to Nebraska, south to Texas, and east to Tennessee, with a population in Canada, in Pelee, Ontario.

- Scientific name: *Ambystoma texanum*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibios)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 3343
- Wikidata: [Q3469600](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3469600)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26745](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26745)

## Names

- en: Small-mouthed Salamander
- de: Schmalkopfquerzahnmolch
- es: Salamandra de Boca Pequeña
- fr: Ambystome à petite bouche
- nl: Kleinbeksalamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (2935), CA (63)

## Summary

The small-mouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum) is a species of mole salamander found in the central United States, from the Great Lakes region in Michigan to Nebraska, south to Texas, and east to Tennessee, with a population in Canada, in Pelee, Ontario. It is sometimes referred to as the Texas salamander, porphyry salamander, or the narrow-mouthed salamander. The Kelley's Island salamander (Ambystoma nothagenes) was synonymized with A. texanum in 1995.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-mouth_salamander

## Photo

![Salamandra de Boca Pequeña](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-mouthed-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alejandro Santillana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3101420

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-mouthed-salamander?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).