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title: "Eastern Tiger Salamander"
description: "Ambystoma tigrinum — Amphibians. The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum), or eastern tiger salamander, is a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eastern-tiger-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Tiger Salamander

> Ambystoma tigrinum — Amphibians. The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum), or eastern tiger salamander, is a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America.

- Scientific name: *Ambystoma tigrinum*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 3126
- Wikidata: [Q113224](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113224)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26749](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26749)

## Names

- en: Eastern Tiger Salamander
- de: Tigersalamander
- es: Ajolote atigrado
- fr: Ambystome Tigre de l'Est
- nl: Tijgersalamander
- pl: Ambystoma tygrysia

## Countries with the most observations

US (2478), CA (13)

## Summary

The tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum), or eastern tiger salamander, is a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_salamander

## Photo

![Eastern Tiger Salamander](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-tiger-salamander/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194255883

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-tiger-salamander?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).