Ambystoma mavortium

Baird, 1850 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Caudata/Ambystomatidae/Ambystoma

At a glance

Occurrence records5 348

Data sources10

Biological traits3

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections1

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Ambystoma mavortium's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 348 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Amphibian Species of the WorldAMNHamphibian catalog↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources3 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF5 348 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT2n = 28

01Narrative

The barred tiger salamander or western tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium) is a species of mole salamander that lives in lower western Canada, the western United States and northern Mexico.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBaseAmphiBIO

Size & morphology1

Body mass5 g

Life cycle & reproduction1

Max. longevity384 months

Habitat & environment1

Habitat freshwateryes

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ambystoma mavortium has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Ambystoma mavortium carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 28 n = 14

Chromosome records28–282n range28median28mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 282×GoaT · Amphibian Karyotype Database

GoaT · Amphibian Karyotype Database — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type5 348 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 533

Museum / vouchered1 815

Origin

Native520

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO11 704 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy70% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 750≤1 km 422≤10 km 207>10 km 744

3 123 georeferenced · 410 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 533

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy64% within 1 km

≤100 m 181≤1 km 291≤10 km 178>10 km 89

739 georeferenced · 1 076 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 815

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions11 of 25 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Fort Hays State University, Sternberg Museumlocation not on record	352
EL PASO, US	328
Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collectionlocation not on record	198
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	195
Seattle, US	163
CCBERlocation not on record	157
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	84
München, DE	84
Provo, US	68
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record	68
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrateslocation not on record	43
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	17
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record	15
Washington, US	9
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	8
Southeastern Louisiana University, Vertebrate Museumlocation not on record	7
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record	5
Victoria, CA	3
Ensenada, MX	2
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	2
Wuzhou, CN	2
Los Angeles, US	2
San Diego, US	1
Denver, US	1
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1

25 institutions · 1 815 of 1 815 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Ambystoma mavortium was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median20.6 °C 20.6–20.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.3 °C

Max temp (day)27.2 °C

Min temp (night)15.9 °C

Precipitation115 mm/mo

Air humidity55.7 %

Moisture balance-56.5 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,079 Pa

Wind speed4.70 m/s

Cloud cover37.4 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Ambystoma mavortium

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Size & morphology1

Life cycle & reproduction1

Habitat & environment1

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type5 348 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions11 of 25 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type5 348 records