Taxonavigation

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 mavortium
Subspecies: Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum

Name

Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum (Baird, 1860)

Type locality: "between Fort Union and Fort Benton, Nebraska", USA.

Holotype: USNM "4073" (= 7043).

Synonyms

  • Siredon lichenoides melanostictum Baird, 1860, in Cooper, 1860
  • Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum — Bishop, 1942
  • Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum — Irschick & Shaffer, 1997

References

  • Baird, 1860, in Cooper, 1860, Rep. Upon Explor Surv. Route Railroad Mississippi-Pacific Ocean, 12(Book 2, Pt. 3, No. 4): 306.
  • Irschick and Shaffer, 1997, Herpetologica, 53: 30–40.
  • Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum

Vernacular names

English: Blotched Tiger Salamander
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