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title: "Ambystoma plamista"
description: "Ambystoma maculatum — Płazy. The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), also known commonly as the yellow-spotted salamander, is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spotted-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ambystoma plamista

> Ambystoma maculatum — Płazy. The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), also known commonly as the yellow-spotted salamander, is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Ambystoma maculatum*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 43634
- Wikidata: [Q2108247](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2108247)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26790](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26790)

## Names

- en: Spotted Salamander
- de: Fleckenquerzahnmolch
- es: Salamandra moteada
- fr: Ambystome maculé
- nl: Gevlekte molsalamander
- pl: Ambystoma plamista

## Countries with the most observations

US (32272), CA (8249)

## Summary

The spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum), also known commonly as the yellow-spotted salamander, is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. The species is native to the eastern United States and Canada. It is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina. The species ranges from Nova Scotia, to Lake Superior, to southern Georgia and Texas. Its embryos have been found to have symbiotic algae, Chlorococcum amblystomatis, living in and around them, the only known example of vertebrate cells hosting an endosymbiont microbe (unless mitochondria are considered).

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

## Photo

![Ambystoma plamista](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kent P. McFarland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34652789

## Machine access

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