Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Ordo: Urodela
Subordo: Salamandroidea
Familia: Ambystomatidae
Genus: Ambystoma
Species: Ambystoma velasci
Name
Ambystoma velasci (Dugès, 1888)
Type locality: "Lago de Santa Isabel, Cerca de la Villa de Hidalgo, Mexico" (= Villa Gustavo Madero, Distrito Federal).
Syntypes: MDUG.
Synonyms
Siredon Tigrina Velasco, 1879
Amblystoma velasci Dugès, 1888
Ambystoma tigrinum velascoi Lafrentz, 1930
Ambystoma tigrinum velasci — Dunn, 1940
Ambystoma lacustris Taylor & Smith, 1945
Ambystoma velasci — Taylor, 1952
Ambystoma (Ambystoma) lacustris — Tihen, 1958
Ambystoma zumpangoensis González, Mendoza-Quijano, Mancilla & Camarillo, 1985
Ambystoma lacustre — Frost, 1985
Ambystoma tigrinum valasci — Petranka, 1998
References
Dugès, 1888, Naturaleza, Ser. 2, 1: 142.
Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34: 795.
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Ambystoma velasci
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Ambystoma velasci. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Ambystoma velasci (Least Concern) Downloaded on 26 July 2008.
Vernacular names
English: Plateau Tiger Salamander
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]
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]
References
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.
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.
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