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Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma tigrinum
Description
Indiana's largest land salamander, a heavy-bodied mole salamander boldly marbled with yellow blotches on dark brown. A powerful burrower rarely seen above ground.
Stats
Size
7 – 9 inches
Status
Common
Similar Species
Spotted salamanders. Spotted salamanders have smaller heads and grey belly.
Diet
Frogs, earthworms, young snakes, and invertebrates. Will consume anything it can overpower.
Habitat
A heavy burrower. Sometimes lives in burrows of other small animals.
Reproduction
Mating occurs in early spring from late February to April. 10-50 eggs in a globular, cylindrical mass are deposited to vegetation. Larvae are large with external gills.
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