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Tiger Salamander
(Ambystoma tigrinum)

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This is Tigger, my first amphibian!!!!!!! It's taken a long long time to get one as they're really rare. He is such a character, he isn't scared of people at all, If I come into the animal room he runs up and down waving at me and asking for a treat. He is the GREEDIEST animal in Frazoo, I am feeding him the right amount of worms and bugs etc but he always wants more (they are very prone to obesity apparently-which obviously comes with a lot of health problems so I want to avoid that). 
They are known as 'mole salamanders' in the USA as they spent a lot of time digging tunnels underground with their powerful front feet. He has dug lots of tunnels in his tank and sleeps in them with his nose sticking out, He is always busy doing something and loves watching me or floating in his swimming pool. 

Fascinating fact: Tiger salamanders always return to their birthplace to breed, often travelling many miles to do so.
  • Home
  • About
    • Links >
      • Buy bugs
      • Hall of Fame
      • Animal websites for kids
      • Animal humour
      • Endangered animals
      • Climate change
  • Meet the animals
    • Snakes >
      • Kenyan Sand Boa
      • Milk snake
      • Royal Python
      • Children's Python
    • Lizards >
      • Crested Gecko
      • Gargoyle Gecko
      • Panther Chameleon
      • Cuban False Chameleon
    • Mammals >
      • African Spiny Mice
    • Amphibians >
      • Tiger Salamander
    • Stick insects >
      • Giant Thorny Stick Insect
      • Malaysian Green Jewels
      • Leaf Insect
      • Macleay's Spectre
      • Giant bean pods
      • Peruvian Black Beauty
      • Giant Budwings
      • Giant Spiny Stick Insect
    • Beetles >
      • Blue Death-Feigning Beetles
    • Praying Mantis >
      • Chinese Flower Mantis
      • Giant Asian Rainforest Mantis
      • Cat-Eye Mantis
      • Wandering Violin Mantis
    • Millipedes >
      • Giant Mozambique Millipede
      • Jamaican Bumblebee Millipede
      • Black Headed Red Fire Millipede
      • Burmese Beauty Millipede
      • African Olive Millipede
    • Crabs >
      • Red Apple Crab
      • Batik Crab
    • Fossil Frazoo
    • Loan animals
  • Gallery
  • Blog
  • Activities
  • Testimonials
    • Frazoo visits
    • Frazoo children
    • Frazoo parents
    • Online Frazoo sessions
  • FAQ
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