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title: "Western Tiger Salamander"
description: "Ambystoma mavortium — Płazy. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/western-tiger-salamander
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Tiger Salamander

> Ambystoma mavortium — Płazy. 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.

- Scientific name: *Ambystoma mavortium*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 7484
- Wikidata: [Q2615538](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2615538)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26765](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26765)

## Names

- en: Western Tiger Salamander
- de: Westlicher Tigerquerzahnmolch
- es: Ajolote tigre rayado
- fr: Ambystome tigre du Sud
- nl: Geelgeblokte tijgersalamander

## Countries with the most observations

US (5464), CA (1469), MX (7)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Geoffrey Carter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385776296

## Machine access

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