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SETH SPACK PD.

7 DECEMBER 3, 2008

California Tiger Salamander


Endangered Species facts
on the California Tiger California Tiger
Salamander
Salamander
Classification:
Kingdom- Animalia
Division- Chordata
Class- Lissamphibia
Order- Caudata
Family- Ambysomatidae
Genus- Ambystoma
Species Name-
ambystoma
californiese

California Tiger
Salamanders depend on water
for reproduction so their
habitat is large pools of water
where there is no fish. They
Close relatives of the They reproduce by breeding live in wet areas, grasslands,
California Tiger Salamander are and the laying their eggs in vernal lower elevation coniferous
the Mexican Tiger Salamander and pools. The eggs are laid in single forests, and edges of
the Barred Tiger Salamander. clumps and are fertilized by the woodland.
California Tiger Salamanders adults. California Tiger
are second consumers because One of their adaptions are Salamanders are found mostly
they eat the insects that eat the their skin blends in to their in swimming pools and ponds
plants. habitat so their predators do of many counties in
attack them. California.

California Tiger Salamanders are considered endangered because of the loss of their habitats due to
agriculture and 50 percent of the species has disappeared. Distinguishing characteristics of chordata are at
some time in their life they all have a notochord, a dorsal nerve chord, pharyngeal slits, endostyle, and a tail.
Characteristics of lissamphibia are their ribs do not encircle their body, they have fat bodies associated with
gonads, and they have two types of skin glands (mucous & granula). Some laws that protect the California Tiger
Salamander are the California Endangered Species Act and United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Additional facts are they can grow to be up to 8 inches long. They feed on plankton and other invertabrates.
Their predators are herons, bullfrogs, and fish. Their routines are eery year for six to nine months the
California Tiger Salamander live in grasslands and ponds but in the dry months they enter a stage called
estivation
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