Tiger Salamander

Total Length: 14.0 - 25.0 cm (record 33.0 cm - neotenic)

Identification: robust body with pronounced variation in coloration and pattern; ranges from yellow-brown, gray or olive-green background, with dark blotches, spots or bars; broad, flat head with small eyes and muscular tail and lim

Habitat: found underground in pocket gopher mounds, small animal burrows, loose soil and under objects near water; often found above ground after rain (especially during the breeding season and in the fall); wide ranging throughout the aspen parkland and prairie ecoregions; can be secretive Cool

Facts: some individuals do not metamorphose, maturing as aquatic adults called neotenics, and retaining their larval gills and other characteristics.