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Plateau tiger salamander
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A. velasci
Binomial name
Ambystoma velasci
Dugès, 1888
Synonyms

Ambystoma lacustris Taylor & Smith, 1945
Ambystoma subsalsum Taylor, 1943

The plateau tiger salamander or Mexican tiger salamander (Ambystoma velasci) is a species of mole salamander in the Ambystomatidae family. It is found in Mexico and possibly the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Brad Shaffer, Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, Paulino Ponce-Campos (2010). Ambystoma velasci. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.