Plateau tiger salamander
Plateau tiger salamander | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Ambystomatidae |
Genus: | Ambystoma |
Species: | A. velasci
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Binomial name | |
Ambystoma velasci (Dugès, 1888)
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Synonyms | |
Ambystoma tigrinum velasci (Dugès, 1888) |
The plateau tiger salamander or Mexican tiger salamander (Ambystoma velasci) is a species of mole salamander in the family Ambystomatidae. It is typically considered endemic to Mexico,[2] although its range might extend to the United States.[1] Its natural habitat is grassland, including sparse forest and semiarid grassland. Breeding takes place in a range of aquatic habitats: deep volcanic lakes, shallow vernal pools, artificial cattle ponds, and intermittent, fish-free stream pools. It exhibits facultative paedomorphosis.[1]
Ambystoma velasci is locally threatened by habitat loss due to urbanization, forest clearance, and water extraction, and also by pollution and the introduction of fish and frogs (Lithobates catesbeianus).[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Ambystoma velasci". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T62130287A53974804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T62130287A53974804.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Ambystoma velasci (Dugès, 1888)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Mole salamanders
- Amphibians of Mexico
- Endemic fauna of Mexico
- Amphibians described in 1888
- Taxa named by Alfredo Dugès
- Salamander stubs