tiger salamander
noun
: a large widely distributed North American salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum of the family Ambystomatidae) that is variably colored with contrasting blotches, spots, or bars
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This strategy has helped protect animals like the California tiger salamander, San Joaquin kit fox, waterfowls, and other imperiled species.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
For species from Florida panthers to California tiger salamanders to North Carolina’s red wolves, collisions pose an extinction-level threat.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
Meet a live tiger salamander and create your own slime to take home.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
The reserve plans to create a pond at the end of the catchment for endangered California red-legged frogs and California tiger salamanders, which rely on bodies of freshwater in the winter to breed.
—Alix Soliman, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
The 15 Ambystoma species found in central Mexico share a genetic heritage with the tiger salamander (A. tigrinum).
—Byrichard Stone, science.org, 9 May 2023
American eel, marbled salamander among ‘critters in crisis’ in D.C. region, experts say At roughly 9 inches long, Eastern tiger salamanders typically live near ponds in forested areas.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
The acreage also contains uncommon serpentine soils as well as habitat for imperiled western pond turtles, California tiger salamanders and Bay checkerspot butterflies.
—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
For species from Florida panthers to California tiger salamanders to North Carolina’s red wolves, collisions pose an extinction-level threat.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
Meet a live tiger salamander and create your own slime to take home.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
The reserve plans to create a pond at the end of the catchment for endangered California red-legged frogs and California tiger salamanders, which rely on bodies of freshwater in the winter to breed.
—Alix Soliman, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
The 15 Ambystoma species found in central Mexico share a genetic heritage with the tiger salamander (A. tigrinum).
—Byrichard Stone, science.org, 9 May 2023
American eel, marbled salamander among ‘critters in crisis’ in D.C. region, experts say At roughly 9 inches long, Eastern tiger salamanders typically live near ponds in forested areas.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
The acreage also contains uncommon serpentine soils as well as habitat for imperiled western pond turtles, California tiger salamanders and Bay checkerspot butterflies.
—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
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