Pacific Northwest
Reptiles & Amphibians
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Western Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma mavortium
Blotched Tiger Salamander -
Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum
(Baird, 1860)
(= Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum )
Approximate Range of Ambystoma mavortium - Western Tiger Salamander
Orange = A. m. diaboli - Gray Tiger Salamander
Red = A. m. mavortium - Barred Tiger Salamander
Green = A. m. melanostictum - Blotched Tiger Salamander
Blue = A. m. nebulosum - Arizona Tiger Salamander
Fuchsia = A. m. stebbinsi - Sonoran Tiger Salamander
Gray = Intergrade Range
Yellow = Range of introduced or unknown subspecies
(Complete range and subspecies information in Mexico not known.)
| Adults | ||
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| Adult, Idaho © John Huffman | ||
| Aquatic Larvae | ||
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| Large larva in water, 7,000 ft. Wyoming | ||
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| Large larva, removed from water temporarily to show color. |
Large larva in water, 7,000 ft. Wyoming | |
| Ambystoma mavortium from the intergrade zone of A. m. melanostictum and A. m. nebulosum | ||
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| Neotenic adults, Wasatch Mountains, 9,875 ft. Salt Lake County, Utah © Mark Gary | ||
| Habitat | ||
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| Habitat, lake in the Wasatch Mountains, 9875 ft. Salt Lake County, Utah © Mark Gary | ||
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| Habitat, 7,000 ft., Wyoming | Habitat, 7,000 ft., Wyoming | |
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