Tiger salamander

Tiger salamander
Several in captivity

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species:
A. tigrinum
Binomial name
Ambystoma tigrinum
(Green, 1825)
Synonyms[3]
  • Siren operculata Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 (invalid)
  • Proteus neocaesariensis Green, 1818 (invalid)
  • Axolotus philadelphicus Jarocki, 1822 (invalid)
  • Salamandra tigrina Green, 1825 (basionym)
  • Salamandra ingens Green, 1831
  • Salamandra lurida Sager, 1839
  • Ambystoma episcopus Baird, 1850 "1849"
  • Siredon harlanii Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854
  • Ambystoma bicolor Hallowell, 1858 "1857"
  • Amblystoma conspersum Cope, 1859 Amblystoma obscurum
  • Baird in Cope, 1868 "1867" Amblystoma xiphias
  • Cope, 1868 "1867" Amblystoma copeianum
  • Hay, 1885

The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) is a species of mole salamander[3] and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America.[4]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Ambystoma tigrinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T83293207A196342827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T83293207A196342827.en. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Ambystoma tigrinum". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).