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herpsandbirds · 4 months

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Barred Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium mavortium), larva/tadpole, family Ambystomatidae, West TX, USA

This is a subspecies of the Western Tiger Salamander.

photograph by John P Clare

#salamander #ambystoma #tiger salamander #ambystomatidae #amphibian #herpetology #animals #nature #north america

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great-and-small · 5 months

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Little boy’s anticipatory smile for worms

#tiger salamander #BabyBunyip #cute #pets

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vintagewildlife · 8 days

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Regrown forelimb of a tiger salamander By: Richard B. Borgens From: Natural History Magazine 1977

#tiger salamander #salamander #amphibian #1977 #1970s #Richard B. Borgens #Natural History Magazine

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gore-grin · 6 months

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My funky boy from @barksbog is here after being held hostage by customs for a few weeks. He's perfect and cuddly.

Hes very true to life, has the same vacant stare as my tiger salamander Gregory lol

#salamander #plush #tiger salamander #pets

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eunixis · 1 month

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First meeting

(Ignore the cat ears. She's supposed to be a sea bunny lookie)

#bye #enjoy #oc #oc art #lazy #traditional drawing #art #kinito the axolotl #kinito fanart #kinitopet #kinitopet oc #tiger salamander #axolotl #sea bunny

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addamsjuice · 5 months

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i absolutely love how tiger salamanders just have this permanent crazy look in their eyes

#tiger salamander #amphibians #herpetology #salamander

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animal-of-the-day · 2 months

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Could you do a post about Axolotls? We had two of those sweet little ones in our school and I really loved watching them C:

Animal of the day: Axolotls !

Oh this is one of the coolest animals ever !! Thank you for the ask !!

Axolotls are the paedomorphic forms of the Ambystoma mexicanum salamander. This means they remain in the larval form into adulthood, instead of going through metamorphosis like other species of salamander. Tiger salamanders can also do this occasionally in response to different environmental factors, but axolotls are obligate paedomorphs, meaning there is not an alternative adult form for them to metamorphose into.

Neoteny (staying in the larval form for a prolonged period) has many advantages. Axolotls keep growing all their life, unlike many animals that stop growing when they reach sexual maturity. They can also regenerate their limbs, eyes, gills, and even brain parts, if they are lost or damaged, which is really cool and important for scientific research !! This is similar to how human children's bodies recover much faster from injuries than adults'.

Despite their popularity as pets, axolotls are critically endangered in the wild. They are only native to a specific lake in Mexico (there used to be two lakes that they lived in, but one of them dried up). Their habitats are becoming increasingly polluted, and invasive species are also disrupting the ecosystems that they are part of.

#animal facts #animals #fact of the day #animal of the day #axolotl #axolotls #tiger salamander #amphibians

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pktechgirlus · 3 months

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Happy Threshold Day! 😀🥳

Photo: LDeans

#threshold day #tiger salamander #photography #star trek voyager

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pizzathumbs · 6 months

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I went to the local zoo.

I love salamanders. They look like their one brain cell rolls around their head like the ball in a spray paint can.

#frogs #toads #goblincore #photography #tiger salamander #caiman #turtle

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ghostmath · 7 days

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look at this man! who was very displeased to be accidentally woken up by a gaggle of beaver scouts and me today. sir i am so sorry please go back to bed

#tiger salamander #!!!!!#i think i was more excited than the kids lmao #ive never seen one before! i know theyre around but theyre very elusive

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blackmudpuppy · 1 year

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