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Entrez Taxonomy
Ambystoma tigrinum, the Tiger salamander, is one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America, growing to up to 20 cm long. As adults they are exclusively terrestrial, burrowing deep into loose soil, and only returning to the water to breed; however in particularly poor terrestrial environments they may forego metamorphosis and become sexually mature in their larval form. They are most commonly found on the Atlantic coast between New York and Florida. The question of whether the Barred, California, and Plateau subpopulations of Tiger salamander constitute separate species is still an active area of research. ambystoma tigrinum, salamander, tiger salamander