Classification
Domain: Eukarya - Possess a true nucleus
Kingdom: Animalia
1. Heterotrophic
2. Multicelluar
3. No cell wall
4. Locomotion
Phyla: Chordata
2. Segmented Bodies
3. Triploblastic
4. Coelomates
Class:Amphibia
1. Skeleton mostly bony
3. Skin moist with secretion glands
4. Respiration via lungs, skin
5. Require water for reproduction
Order: Caudata
1. Tailed Amphibians
2. Four legs of equal size
3. Lack of scales
4. Perference for cool moist surroundings
Family: Ambystomatidae
1. Medium to large Salamanders
2. Prominent costal grooves
3. Robust limbs and bodies and broad heads
4. Fertilization is internal, and eggs hatch into typical aquatic gilled larvae that transform into terrestrial adults
Genus Species: Ambystoma tigrinum-
1. Robust animals with irregular yellow, olive brown, or tan blotches.
2. Eyes are small with gold irises
3. Stomach is yellowish or olive yellow
4. Males have proportionally longer and compressed tails
Phylogeny:
As
seen from the phylogenetic tree the closest relative of
the tiger salamander is the Ambystoma velasci and
Ambystoma flavipiperatum members of the
family Ambystomatidae.
The second tree shows a more
generalized version that starts which the bro
ad
classification ( Eukarya) and increases in complexity as
we move up the tree.
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