Ambystoma tigrinum

Ambystoma tigrinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: Ambystoma tigrinum

Name

Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)

• Type material: Unknown. [Yarrow (1882: 148) given USNM 3970 as "type", although this specimen is not from the stated type locality]
• Type locality: “near Moore's town [Moorestown, Burlington County,] in New Jersey”, United States.

Combinations

• Salamandra tigrina Green, 1825: 116 [original combination]
• Triton tigrinus — Holbrook, 1842: 79 [subsequent combination]
• Ambystoma tigrina — Baird, 1850: 284 [subsequent combination]
• Ambistoma [sic] tigrinum — Jan, 1857: 55 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Siren operculata Palisot de Beauvois, 1799
• Proteus neocaesariensis Green, 1818
• Axolotus philadelphicus Jarocki, 1822
• Salamandra ingens Green, 1831
• Salamandra lurida Sager, 1839
• Triton ingens — Holbrook, 1842
• Ambystoma lurida — Baird, 1850
• Ambystoma episcopus Baird, 1850
• Heterotriton ingens — Gray, 1850
• Proteus neocaesareanus — Gray, 1850
• Siredon harlanii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Ambystoma bicolor Hallowell, 1858
• Ambystoma ingens — Hallowell, 1858
• Amblystoma conspersum Cope, 1859
• Amblystoma prosperpine — Baird, 1859
• Amblystoma obscurum Baird in Cope, 1868
• Amblystoma xiphias Cope, 1868
• Amblystoma tigrinum — Boulenger, 1882
• Amblystoma bicolor — Boulenger, 1882
• Amblystoma conspersum — Boulenger, 1882
• Amblystoma copeianum Hay, 1885
• Ambystoma sopeanum — Brimley, 1907
• Ambystoma conspersum — Fowler & Dunn, 1917
• Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum — Dunn, 1940
• Ambystoma tigrinum proserpine — Smith & Taylor, 1948
• Ambystoma (Ambystoma) tigrinum — Tihen, 1958

References

Primary references

• Green, 1825, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 5: 116.
• Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3.
• Spear, S.T., Peterson, C.R., Matocq, M.D. & Storfer, A. 2005: Landscape genetics of the blotched tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum). Molecular Ecology, 14: 2553–2564.

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Ambystoma tigrinum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T83293207A196342827. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T83293207A196342827.en. Accessed on 16 October 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Tigersalamander
Ελληνικά: Σαλαμάνδρα Τίγρης
English: Tiger Salamander
suomi: Tiikerisalamanteri
italiano: Salamandra tigre
Nederlands: Tijgersalamander
polski: Ambystoma tygrysia

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