Tiger salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum
CommonPhoto: Peter Paplanus · CC BY 2.0
Amphibiancarnivore
The tiger salamander is a type of mole salamander found in North America. It spends much of its life on land, unlike many other amphibians. Known for its size, it’s one of the larger salamanders you’ll come across.
- It belongs to the mole salamander family.
- It’s one of the largest land-dwelling salamanders.
- It’s native to North America.
WetlandForestNorth America
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Amphibian
- Scientific name
- Ambystoma tigrinum
- Habitat
- Wetland, Forest
- Regions in this directory
- North America
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
