Blue-Spotted Salamander vs sharped-leaved fluellen

Ambystoma laterale compared with Kickxia elatine

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-Spotted Salamander	sharped-leaved fluellen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Caudata (Caudata)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Ambystomatidae	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Ambystoma	Kickxia
Species	Ambystoma laterale	Kickxia elatine

Conservation Status

Blue-Spotted Salamander

LC — Least Concern

sharped-leaved fluellen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-Spotted Salamander	sharped-leaved fluellen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-Spotted Salamander

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Range

Found in United States.

sharped-leaved fluellen

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Blue-Spotted Salamander

The Blue-Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale) is a species in the genus Ambystoma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.