| Tiger salamander |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Amphibia |
| Order: |
Urodela |
| Family: |
Ambystomatidae |
| Genus: |
Ambystoma |
| Species: |
A. tigrinum |
| Binomial name |
Ambystoma tigrinum
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| Synonyms |
- Siren operculata Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 (invalid)
- Proteus neocaesariensis Green, 1818 (invalid)
- Axolotus philadelphicus Jarocki, 1822 (invalid)
- Salamandra tigrina Green, 1825 (basionym)
- Salamandra ingens Green, 1831
- Salamandra lurida Sager, 1839
- Ambystoma episcopus Baird, 1850 "1849"
- Siredon harlanii A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Ambystoma bicolor Hallowell, 1858 "1857"
- Amblystoma conspersum Cope, 1859
- Amblystoma obscurum Baird in Cope, 1868 "1867"
- Amblystoma xiphias Cope, 1868 "1867"
- Amblystoma copeianum Hay, 1885
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The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) is a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America.