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title: "Mole Salamander"
description: "Ambystoma talpoideum — Amfibieën. Ambystoma talpoideum, the mole salamander, is a species of salamander found in much of the eastern and central United States, from Florida to Texas, north to Illinois, east to Kentucky, with isolated populations in Virginia and Indiana."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mole-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mole Salamander

> Ambystoma talpoideum — Amfibieën. Ambystoma talpoideum, the mole salamander, is a species of salamander found in much of the eastern and central United States, from Florida to Texas, north to Illinois, east to Kentucky, with isolated populations in Virginia and Indiana.

- Scientific name: *Ambystoma talpoideum*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1550
- Wikidata: [Q2161721](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2161721)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26737](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26737)

## Names

- en: Mole Salamander
- de: Maulwurfquerzahnmolch
- es: Salamandra Topo
- fr: Ambystome taupe
- pl: Ambystoma krecia

## Countries with the most observations

US (1357)

## Summary

Ambystoma talpoideum, the mole salamander, is a species of salamander found in much of the eastern and central United States, from Florida to Texas, north to Illinois, east to Kentucky, with isolated populations in Virginia and Indiana. Older sources often refer to this species as the tadpole salamander because some individuals remain in a neotenic state. This salamander lives among the leaf litter on the forest floor, migrating to ponds to breed.

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

## Photo

![Mole Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mole-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342200465

## Machine access

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