Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum by Jeff LeClere Status No status assigned in Minnesota.
Adults are black to gray in ground color with irregular yellow spots all over the body.
Usually, adults have a yellow lower lip and throat. They have 11 to 14 costal grooves and there are four toes on the front and five on the back feet. Larvae have bushy gills and are much paler in coloration than adults. The eastern subspecies is found throughout the entire state of Minnesota, while A. t. diaboli has been reported in extreme west-central Minnesota. To my knowledge, no records of the latter subspecies have been secured in the state and better documentation needs to be done.