| Tiger salamander
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Amphibia
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| Order:
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Urodela
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| Family:
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Ambystomatidae
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| Genus:
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Ambystoma
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| Species:
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A. tigrinum
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| Binomial name
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Ambystoma tigrinum
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| Synonyms
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- Siren operculata Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 (invalid)
- Proteus neocaesariensis Green, 1818 (invalid)
- Axolotus philadelphicus Jarocki, 1822 (invalid)
- Salamandra tigrina Green, 1825 (basionym)
- Salamandra ingens Green, 1831
- Salamandra lurida Sager, 1839
- Ambystoma episcopus Baird, 1850 "1849"
- Siredon harlanii A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Ambystoma bicolor Hallowell, 1858 "1857"
- Amblystoma conspersum Cope, 1859
- Amblystoma obscurum Baird in Cope, 1868 "1867"
- Amblystoma xiphias Cope, 1868 "1867"
- Amblystoma copeianum Hay, 1885
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The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) is a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America.