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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) and 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
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