Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum  (Green, 1827)
An adult specimen from Athens County, Ohio Image © Suzanne L. Collins, 2005
Etymology:1
	Latin - honors Jefferson College, Pennsylvania
Original Description:2
	Salamandra jeffersoniana Green (1827, Contrib. Maclurean Lyc. 1(1): 4). Type(s): Not stated; according to Uzzell (1967, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 47.1), USNM 3968 might be the type (see Yarrow, 1882, Bulletin of the U. S. National Museum 24: 150, and Cope, 1889, Bulletin of the U. S. National Museum 34: 94). Type locality: "Near Chartier's creek in the vicinity of Jefferson College [formerly] at Cannonsburg", Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Distribution:
	Ontario (western end of Lake Ontario) south to southern Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky.
References:
	See account by Uzzell (1967, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 47.1-2). Involved in widespread development of hybrid swarms with Ambystoma laterale.
1.	Data Modified From: Translations of the Scientific Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America, Ellin Beltz.
2.	Data Modified From: Citations for the Original Descriptions of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. SSAR Herpetological Circular 24. Ellin Beltz, 1995.