Finding Ambystoma tigrinum

[Spotted DerF]

Has any one found Ambystoma tigrinum or any type of salamander or newt in south Florida?
I saw on Caudata Culture that Ambystoma tigrinum ranges here in Florida,

 

[Peninsula newt]

Yes, my pet store is beginning to receive peninsula newts with there orders of feeder shrimp.
although they take advantage of it, and sell them for 10 bucks a piece.
not sure about the ambystoma. but i recall finding a congo eel. which is a type of salamander.
and a mud siren. all of which were found at a local lake.

 

[Nathan]

South Florida has very low salamander diversity compared to North Florida and the panhandle. Tigers don't range into the southern part of the state. You should be able to find several neotenic species, though: peninsula newts (Notophthalmus viridescens piaropicola), two-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma means), greater siren (Siren lacertina), and Everglades dwarf siren (Pseudobranchus axanthus belli).

 

[John]

Tigers are hard to find at the best of times, unless you know when and where the waterdogs are. As Nathan indicated, tigers barely range into Florida so unless you're willing to travel north, forget about that particular species.