Blue-Spotted Salamander vs utile

Ambystoma laterale compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Blue-Spotted Salamander is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-Spotted Salamander	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Caudata (Caudata)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Ambystomatidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Ambystoma	Entandrophragma
Species	Ambystoma laterale	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Blue-Spotted Salamander

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-Spotted Salamander	utile
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.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.