Plateau tiger salamander
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| Species: | A. velasci
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| Ambystoma velasci Dugès, 1888
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Ambystoma lacustris Taylor & Smith, 1945 Ambystoma subsalsum Taylor, 1943
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The Plateau Tiger Salamander, Mexican 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 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
- Shaffer, B., Parra Olea, G. & Wake, D. 2004. Ambystoma velasci. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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