Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians
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Barred Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma mavortium
Arizona Tiger Salamander - Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum
Hallowell, 1852
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.)
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| Adult, Coconino County, Arizona | ||
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| Adult, Coconino County, Arizona | ||
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| Aquatic larvae, Coconino County Arizona | Aquatic larvae, Coconino County, Arizona |
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| 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 | ||
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| Habitat, 7,200 ft., Coconino County, Arizona | Habitat, 6,500 ft., Coconino County, Arizona |
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| An Arizona Tiger Salamander crosses a road in the mountains of Arizona on a rainy summer night, moving away from a breeding pond and back into the woods. |
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