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Ambystoma tigrinum (tiger salamander)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Salamandra tigrina was named by Green (1825). It is extant.

It was misspelled as Amblystoma tigrinum by Holman (1977); it was recombined as Ambystoma tigrinum by Lynch (1965), Estes (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. alamosensis, A. priscum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Salamandra tigrina Green
1965Ambystoma tigrinum Lynch p. 73
1977Amblystoma tigrinum Holman p. 162
1981Ambystoma tigrinum Estes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyAmbystomatidaeHallowell 1856
genusAmbystomaTschudi 1838
speciestigrinum(Green 1825)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 [tiger salamander]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 12.50000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Ambystoma tigrinum (188779)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Ambystoma tigrinum (18450)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Ambystoma tigrinum (19954 27572)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) Ambystoma tigrinum (19628)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ambystoma tigrinum (123875)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Ambystoma tigrinum (20337 20530)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arizona) Ambystoma tigrinum (20444 20446 20447)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Ambystoma tigrinum (20389)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Ambystoma tigrinum (20137 20167 20332 20352 20427 20516)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Ambystoma tigrinum (20302)
Middle Pleistocene (glacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Ambystoma tigrinum (75974)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Ambystoma tigrinum (20355 20356 20357 20358 20359 20360 20361 20362 20363 20367 20368 20369 20370 27632 27637 27639 27666 27667 27669 27672 27673 27677 27680 27681 27682 27683 27687 27689 27691 27692 27693 27694 27697 27699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Ambystoma tigrinum (93139 140702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Ambystoma tigrinum (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Ambystoma tigrinum (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ambystoma tigrinum (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ambystoma tigrinum (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ambystoma tigrinum (76101)