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Basic information
Ambystoma tigrinum
Eastern Tiger Salamander
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderSalamanders
FamilyMole salamanders
GenusMole salamanders
- Czech name
- Axolotl tygrovaný
- English name
- Eastern Tiger Salamander
- Alternative names
- Salamandra, Salamandra tigre, Tiger Salamander
- Synonyms
- Ambistoma tigrinum, Amblystoma bicolor, Amblystoma conspersum, Amblystoma copeianum, Amblystoma obscurum, Amblystoma tigrinum, Amblystoma xiphias, Ambystoma bicolor, Ambystoma conspersum, Ambystoma copeanum, Ambystoma episcopus, Ambystoma ingens, Ambystoma lurida, Ambystoma sopeanum, Ambystoma tigrina, Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum, Axolotus philadelphicus, Heterotriton ingens, Proteus neocaesareanus, Proteus neocaesariensis, Salamandra ingens, Salamandra lurida, Salamandra tigrina, Siredon harlanii, Siren operculata, Triton ingens, Triton tigrinus
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 330 mm
- Body mass
- max 79 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 25 years
- Diet
- Arthropods, Vertebrates
Reproduction and development
- Clutch size
- 421–7,000 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf6003 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · CQ5H · COL26.9