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Amphibia
Caudata
Ambystomatidae
California Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma californiense
Gray, 1853
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
California Salamander
(
Amblystoma californicum
: Cooper, James G.
1869
. The fauna of California and its geographical distribution. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4():61-81);
California Axolotl
(
Amblystoma mavortium californiense
: Yarrow, Henry C.
1882
. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249);
California Tiger Salamander
(
Ambystoma tigrinum californiense
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
California Tiger Salamander
(
Ambystoma californiense
: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith.
1978
. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1853
Gray, John E. On a new species of salamander from California. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(11):11
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