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Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander; Tiger Salamander)

Synonyms:
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The tiger salamander or eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) is a North American species of mole salamander.
View Wikipedia Record: Ambystoma tigrinum

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
22
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 42.62
EDGE Score: 3.78
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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  13 inches (33 cm)
Gestation [2]  28 days
Litter Size [2]  37
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  25 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Adult Weight [2]  9 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Female Maturity [2]  4 years
Male Maturity [2]  4 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Emblem of

Illinois

Prey / Diet

Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander)[4]
Lithobates pipiens (Northern Leopard Frog)[5]
Lithobates sylvaticus (Wood Frog)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anas discors (Blue-winged Teal)1
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)1
Heterodon platirhinos (Eastern Hognose Snake)1
Podilymbus podiceps (Pied-billed Grebe)1

Predators

Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's Hawk)[4]
Desserobdella picta[4]
Thamnophis rufipunctatus (Narrowhead Garter Snake, Narrowhead Watersnake)[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Falcaustra elongata <Unverified Name>[7]
Falcaustra washingtonensis <Unverified Name>[7]
Hedruris siredonis <Unverified Name>[7]
Ophiotaenia filaroides[7]
Phyllodistomum americanum[7]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5SPECIES ASSESSMENT FOR THE NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG (RANA PIPIENS) IN WYOMING, BRIAN E. SMITH AND DOUG KEINATH, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, January 2004
♦ 6Narrow-headed Gartersnake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) Recovery Plan, Leland J. S. Pierce, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, 2007
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0