Tiger salamander

Tiger salamander
	Several in captivity
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	Ambystomatidae
Genus:	Ambystoma
Species:	A. tigrinum
Binomial name
	Ambystoma tigrinum; (Green, 1825)
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 Duméril, Bibron, and 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;

The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) is a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America.

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