The barred tiger salamander or western tiger salamander is a species of mole salamander that lives in lower western Canada, the western United States and northern Mexico.
Barred tiger salamander
Development
a.m. diaboli, salamander in residence at Living Prairie Museum, Winnipeg
In captivity
The mole salamanders are a group of advanced salamanders endemic to North America. The group has become famous due to the presence of the axolotl, widely used in research due to its paedomorphosis, and the tiger salamander which is the official amphibian of many US states, and often sold as a pet.
Mole salamander
Ambystoma kansensis (Adams 1929) fossil
Tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
Phylogenetic tree showing relations among Ambystoma species and outgroups: For example, the sister taxon to Ambystoma macrodactylum is Ambystoma laterale, meaning they share a single common ancestor and are each other's closest living relatives.