The western tiger salamander, scientifically known as Ambystoma ... “They’ve been known to burrow in the ground as deep as 2 feet,” he said. In areas with soft soil, the salamander digs ...

While transmitters have been deployed to track small animals, the tiger salamander’s burrowing lifestyle means that anything attached to its body risks getting rubbed off and eventually removed.

Secreted in the ground, mole salamanders in the genus Ambystoma burrow or explore the tunnels ... and in my estimation the eastern tiger salamander is the most sensational. These beasts can ...

Tiger salamanders in their enclosure at Anita Purves ... living up to 14 years or more in the wild. They do like to burrow and hide, but that makes each sighting of them feel special.

Eastern tiger salamanders have been known to burrow into the sand and soil in cattle dugouts like this one in the southeast. (Colin Murray) Thus far, researchers have gone salamander hunting in ...