Species Profile
Ambystoma tigrinum
Tiger salamander
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Ambystoma lives in moist land habitats.
Carnivorous and burrowing.
Common urodelen amphibian.
Size & Structure
01
Stout body
02
Yellow stripes or spots
03
Short limbs
04
Long tail
Ambystoma tigrinum — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, incomplete double
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary and cutaneous
- Mode of excretion
- Ureotelism (adult)
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Predator of invertebrates
Soil ecosystem role
Amphibian food web
Economic Importance
Research on metamorphosis
Educational importance
Biodiversity studies