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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements2 literature sources6 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 655 records
01Narrative
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, although its range might extend to the United States. 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. 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).
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Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy47% within 1 km
≤100 m 87≤1 km 65≤10 km 124>10 km 47
323 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor355
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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 801≤10 km 1
802 georeferenced · 498 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 300
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 institutions18 of 26 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mexico City, MX
434
Chicago, US
220
Champaign, US
110
104
EL PASO, US
98
Ann Arbor, US
58
Ciudad de México, MX
53
Mexico City, MX
44
Berkeley, US
35
Cambridge, US
29
Wuzhou, CN
18
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
18
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
15
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record
12
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
12
Tlalnepantla, MX
8
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgolocation not on record
6
San Luis Potosí, MX
6
Los Angeles, US
6
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
6
San Nicolás de los Garza, MX
3
San Francisco, US
1
Washington, US
1
University of Minnesota, James Ford Bell Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
26 institutions · 1 300 of 1 300 vouchered records shown
