Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
ITIS Reports — ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. The exception is in the San Rafael Valley of Arizona, where the Sonora Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma t. stebbinsi, also called the Huachuca Tiger Salamander) is listed as an Endangered Species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This group of populations breed in livestock ponds; the putative natural breeding habitats no longer exist.
FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi, was described by Lowe (1954), and subsequent field surveys and genetic analyses in the 1980’s and 1990’s reinforced the status of the Sonora tiger salamander as a distinct subspecies. Concerns about the threats posed by introduced.
