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Plateau tiger salamander

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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 Salamandra (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 montanes, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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