Ambystoma tigrinum

Ambystoma tigrinum

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: Ambystoma tigrinum

Name

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Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)

  • Type material: Unknown. [Yarrow (1882: 148) given USNM 3970 as "type", although this specimen is not from the stated type locality]
  • Type locality: “near Moore's town [Moorestown, Burlington County,] in New Jersey”, United States.

Combinations

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  • Salamandra tigrina Green, 1825: 116 [original combination]
  • Triton tigrinusHolbrook, 1842: 79 [subsequent combination]
  • Ambystoma tigrinaBaird, 1850: 284 [subsequent combination]
  • Ambistoma [sic] tigrinumJan, 1857: 55 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

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  • Siren operculata Palisot de Beauvois, 1799
  • Proteus neocaesariensis Green, 1818
  • Axolotus philadelphicus Jarocki, 1822
  • Salamandra ingens Green, 1831
  • Salamandra lurida Sager, 1839
  • Triton ingensHolbrook, 1842
  • Ambystoma luridaBaird, 1850
  • Ambystoma episcopus Baird, 1850
  • Heterotriton ingensGray, 1850
  • Proteus neocaesareanus — Gray, 1850
  • Siredon harlanii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  • Ambystoma bicolor Hallowell, 1858
  • Ambystoma ingensHallowell, 1858
  • Amblystoma conspersum Cope, 1859
  • Amblystoma prosperpineBaird, 1859
  • Amblystoma obscurum Baird in Cope, 1868
  • Amblystoma xiphias Cope, 1868
  • Amblystoma tigrinumBoulenger, 1882
  • Amblystoma bicolor — Boulenger, 1882
  • Amblystoma conspersum — Boulenger, 1882
  • Amblystoma copeianum Hay, 1885
  • Ambystoma sopeanumBrimley, 1907
  • Ambystoma conspersumFowler & Dunn, 1917
  • Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinumDunn, 1940
  • Ambystoma tigrinum proserpineSmith & Taylor, 1948
  • Ambystoma (Ambystoma) tigrinumTihen, 1958

References

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Primary references

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  • Green, 1825, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 5: 116.
  • Tihen, 1958, Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 3: 3.
  • Spear, S.T., Peterson, C.R., Matocq, M.D. & Storfer, A. 2005: Landscape genetics of the blotched tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum). Molecular Ecology, 14: 2553–2564.
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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Tigersalamander
Ελληνικά: Σαλαμάνδρα Τίγρης
English: Tiger Salamander
suomi: Tiikerisalamanteri
italiano: Salamandra tigre
Nederlands: Tijgersalamander
polski: Ambystoma tygrysia
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