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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
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| name = Plateau tiger salamander
| name = Plateau tiger salamander
| image =
| image = Ambystoma velasci.jpg
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=''Ambystoma velasci'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T62130287A53974804 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T62130287A53974804.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN2014.3| id = 59073| title = Ambystoma velasci| assessor = Brad Shaffer| assessor2 = Gabriela Parra-Olea| assessor3 = David Wake| assessor4 = Paulino Ponce-Campos| year = 2004| downloaded = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
| taxon = Ambystoma velasci
| taxon = Ambystoma velasci
| authority = ([[Alfredo Dugès|Dugès]], 1888)
| authority = ([[Alfredo Dugès|Dugès]], 1888)
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The '''plateau tiger salamander''' or '''Mexican tiger salamander''' (''Ambystoma velasci'') is a species of [[mole salamander]] in the [[Ambystomatidae]] family. It is [[endemic]] to [[Mexico]],<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Ambystomatidae/Ambystoma/Ambystoma-velasci |title=''Ambystoma velasci'' (Dugès, 1888) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=6 February 2015}}</ref> although its range might extend to the [[United States]].<ref name=IUCN/>
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]],<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Caudata/Ambystomatidae/Ambystoma/Ambystoma-velasci |title=''Ambystoma velasci'' (Dugès, 1888) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref> although its range might extend to the [[United States]].<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />
Its natural [[habitat]]s are grasslands, including sparse forests and semi-arid grasslands. 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]].<ref name=IUCN/>
Its natural [[habitat]] is grassland, including sparse [[forest]] and semiarid [[grassland]]. Breeding takes place in a range of [[aquatic habitat]]s: deep [[volcanic lake]]s, shallow vernal pools, artificial cattle ponds, and intermittent, fish-free stream pools. It exhibits facultative [[paedomorphosis]].<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />


An [[Axolotl]] that has gone through metamorphosis resembles an adult plateau tiger salamander, though the axolotl differs in its longer toes.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
''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]]'').<ref name=IUCN/>

''Ambystoma velasci'' is locally threatened by [[habitat loss]] due to [[urbanization]], [[forest clearance]], and [[water extraction]], and also by [[pollution]] and the [[introduced species|introduction]] of fish and frogs (''[[Lithobates catesbeianus]]'').<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /> Out of Mammalian, Avian, and Herpetofauna species, Herpetofauna receive the least studies but in these studies are found to be the ones with the highest negative responses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chalfoun |first=A. D. |date=September 2021 |title=Responses of Vertebrate Wildlife to Oil and Natural Gas Development: Patterns and Frontiers |journal=Current Landscape Ecology Reports |language=en |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=71–84 |doi=10.1007/s40823-021-00065-0 |s2cid=236560077 |issn=2364-494X|doi-access=free }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Mole salamanders]]
[[Category:Mole salamanders]]
[[Category:Amphibians of Mexico]]
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of Mexico]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Mexico]]
[[Category:Mexican Plateau]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1888]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Alfredo Dugès]]




Latest revision as of 14:19, 21 October 2024

Plateau tiger salamander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species:
A. velasci
Binomial name
Ambystoma velasci
(Dugès, 1888)
Synonyms

Ambystoma tigrinum velasci (Dugès, 1888)
Ambystoma lacustris Taylor & Smith, 1945

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]

An Axolotl that has gone through metamorphosis resembles an adult plateau tiger salamander, though the axolotl differs in its longer toes.[citation needed]

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] Out of Mammalian, Avian, and Herpetofauna species, Herpetofauna receive the least studies but in these studies are found to be the ones with the highest negative responses.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Chalfoun, A. D. (September 2021). "Responses of Vertebrate Wildlife to Oil and Natural Gas Development: Patterns and Frontiers". Current Landscape Ecology Reports. 6 (3): 71–84. doi:10.1007/s40823-021-00065-0. ISSN 2364-494X. S2CID 236560077.


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