AmphibiaWeb - Ambystoma mavortium


Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850 Barred Tiger Salamander, Gray Barred Tiger Salamander, Blotched Tiger Salamander, Arizona Tiger Salamander, Sonora Tiger Salamander Subgenus: Heterotriton	family: Ambystomatidae genus: Ambystoma
Species Description: Baird, S. F. (1850 "1849"). Revision of the North American tailed-batrachia, with descriptions of new genera and species [Including: Descriptions of four new species of North American salamanders, and one new species of scink, pp. 292–294]. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Series 2(1), 281–294.
Taxonomic Notes: This taxon is often considered a subspecies of A. tigrinum. We treat it as a full species, including taxa recognized by others as subspecies of A. tigrinum (except for A. tigrinum tigrinum).
Etymology: The species epithet, "mavortium" is a reference to the Roman god Mars, "Mavortial" or “warlike” (Tighe 2023).

Conservation Status (definitions)

IUCN Red List Status Account	Least Concern (LC)
NatureServe	Use NatureServe Explorer to see status.
CITES	No CITES Listing
National Status	None
Regional Status	None

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	View Bd and Bsal data (418 records).