#1972 · 🐸 amphibians
Western Tiger Salamander
🇳🇱 Gestreepte tijgersalamander ·Ambystoma mavortium
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what is it?
The barred tiger salamander or western tiger salamander ( Ambystoma mavortium ) is a species of mole salamander found from southwestern Canada in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, south through the western United States to Texas and northern Mexico.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 7,625 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1850 (176 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Western Tiger Salamander
- Nederlands
- Gestreepte tijgersalamander
- scientific name
- Ambystoma mavortium
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Caudata
- family
- Ambystomatidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 7,625
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1850 by Spencer Fullerton Baird
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Ambystomatidae
#1919 📷 8Spotted Salamander
🇳🇱 Gevlekte molsalamander
Ambystoma maculatum
LC 🌍 44.1k seen
#1938 📷 8Blue-spotted Salamander
🇳🇱 Blauwgevlekte salamander
Ambystoma laterale
LC 🌍 16k seen
#1944 📷 10Marbled Salamander
🇳🇱 Gemarmerde salamander
Ambystoma opacum
LC 🌍 12.6k seen
#1967 📷 7Northwestern Salamander
Ambystoma gracile
LC 🌍 8.6k seen
#1968 📷 9Long-toed Salamander
🇳🇱 Langteensalamander
Ambystoma macrodactylum
LC 🌍 8.3k seen
#1984 📷 10Pacific Giant Salamander
🇳🇱 Coastal giant salamander
Dicamptodon tenebrosus
LC 🌍 6.5k seen
#2002 📷 10Axolotl
Ambystoma mexicanum
CR 🌍 3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 26765, Wikidata Q2615538, GBIF 2431978, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.