The tiger salamander, also called the eastern tiger salamander, is a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status. Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceThe coloring of these spots range from brownish yellow to greenish yellow, while the rest of their back is black or dark brown. 1 Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
In Biome
Source Tiger salamander, Wikipedia
Source Tiger salamander, Wikipedia
In Ecosystem
Source Wikidata: Tiger Salamander
Additional Source Great Plains (Wikipedia)Article text
Source Wikidata: Mountain Goat
Additional Source Yellowstone National Park (Wikipedia)Article text
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Tiger salamander, Wikipedia
Introduction
Ambystoma tigrinum
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LC
Description
The coloring of these spots range from brownish yellow to greenish yellow, while the rest of their back is black or dark brown.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 284437
Tiger salamanders are popular as pets, and suitable for beginner amphibian enthusiasts due to their manageable care requirements and generally docile nature.
Biology
Their diet consists largely of small insects, snails, slugs, frogs, aquatic microcrustaceans, and worms, although it is not rare for an adult to turn cannibalistic and consume its own kind.
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G5
In Biome: Wetlands, Habitat
The ideal breeding condition for tiger salamanders ranges from wetlands, such as cattle ponds and vernal pools, to flooded swamps.
In Biome: Vernal Pool, Habitat
The ideal breeding condition for tiger salamanders ranges from wetlands, such as cattle ponds and vernal pools, to flooded swamps.
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Ambystoma tigrinum (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITESQuote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
Wikidata: Tiger Salamander
Wikidata Q113224, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: CaudataView the Source Yellowstone National Park (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem: Yellowstone, Article textQuote, In Ecosystem: Yellowstone, Article text
Four species of amphibians are present: the boreal chorus frog, tiger salamander, western toad and Columbia spotted frog.
Great Plains (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Great Plains, Article textQuote, In Ecosystem: Great Plains, Article text
Although few salamanders are strongly associated with the region, the western tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium) ranges through much of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, as does the Rocky Mountain toad (Anaxyrus w.
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