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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Eastern Tiger Salamander, Tiger Salamander
Description
Physical Description
Species Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum
Characterized by a dark background with light yellow-gold markings extending down their sides. It is found in the eastern half of North America.
Biology
Reproduction
In the south it is also a winter breeder, in the north an early spring breeder, migrating to ponds after heavy rains.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Ambystomatidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Genus:
Ambystoma
()
- Tschudi, 1838
- Specific name:
tigrinum
- Subspecies:
tigrinum
- Scientific name: - Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum (Green, 1825)
- Subspecies:
tigrinum
- Specific name:
tigrinum
- Genus:
Ambystoma
(
- Family:
Ambystomatidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: June 11, 2001.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ambystoma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 45 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. andersoni (Anderson's Salamander) · A. annulatum (Ringed Salamander) · A. barbouri (Streamside Salamander) · A. bishopi (Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander) · A. bombypellum (Axolotl) · A. californiense (California Tiger Salamander) · A. cingulatum (Frosted Flatwoods Salamander) · A. dumerilii (Lake Patzcuaro Salamander) · A. flavipiperatum (Yellow-Peppered Salamander) · A. gracile (Northwestern Salamander) · A. granulosum (Granular Salamander) · A. jeffersonianum (Jefferson's Salamander) · A. laterale (Kelley's Island Salamander) · A. leorae (Leora's Stream Salamander) · A. lermaense (Lake Lerma Salamander) · A. mabeei (Mabee's Salamander) · A. macrodactylum (Central Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum columbianum (Eastern Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum croceum (Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum krausei (Northern Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum macrodactylum (Long-Toed Salamander) · A. macrodactylum sigillatum (Long-Toed Salamander) · A. maculatum (Spotted Salamander) · A. mavortium (Blotched Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium diaboli (Gray Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium mavortium (Barred Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium melanostictum (Blotched Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium nebulosum (Sonoran Tiger Salamander) · A. mavortium stebbinsi (Sonoran Tiger Salamander) · A. mexicanum (Mexican Axolotl) · A. opacum (Marbled Salamander) · A. ordinarium (Puerto Hondo Stream Salamander) · A. rivulare (Michoacan Stream Salamander) · A. rosaceum (Tarahumara Salamander) · A. talpoideum (Mole Salamander) · A. taylori (Taylor's Salamander) · A. texanum (Kelley's Island Salamander) · A. tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum diaboli (Gray Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum mavortium (Barred Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum melanostictum (Blotched Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum nebulosum (Arizona Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum stebbinsi (Sonoran Tiger Salamander) · A. tigrinum tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander) · A. velasci (Mexican Tiger Salamander)
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Further Reading
- Amphibians and reptiles of the Chicago area, by Clifford H. Pope. [Chicago]Chicago natural history museum, 1944. url p. 46, p. 5.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 24.
- Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 16, p. 24, p. 37, p. 38.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 93 1943 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 12.
- Check-list of the amphibians and reptiles of Canada and Alaska / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1955. url , p. 11.
- Technical report: Illinois natural areas inventory / by the Department of Landscape Architecture, Univeristy of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the Natural Land Institute, Rockford, Illinois. Urbana: Dept. of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois and Natural Land Institute, 1978. url p. 411.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 56 1942 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url logier & toner , p. 15, p. 202, p. 406.
- The Dunesland heritage of Illinois. Urbana, 1963. url p. 24.
- The Great Basin naturalist. Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 301, figs. 6-7, page 47.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 86.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2757551
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-173592 ITS-173593
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173592
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAA01146
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 128044
