Subscribe Sign up to receive new posts by email. Email Subscribe Search Categories Call for Data (10) Contributor Spotlight (34) Education and Awareness (61) General (35) Monthly Updates (9) Partner Spotlight (2) Quarterly Updates (24) Semiannual Updates (3) Taxon of the week (13) Yearly review (4) CNDDB News Blog All CNDDB Blog Posts Update to California tiger salamander species records in CNDDB July 6, 2021 Courtesy of U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (CC BY 2.0) via flickr The California Natural Diversity Database is updating our element (species) records to reflect the 3 federal Distinct Population Segments (DPS). We had previously tracked California tiger salamander as a single species concept with notes about different statuses (Federally Endangered/Federally Threatened, State Threatened): Element Code Species Name Federal Status State Status AAAAA01180 California tiger salamander Ambystoma californiense FE/FT ST CNDDB will now be tracking the individual populations: Element Code Species Name Federal Status State Status AAAAA01181 California tiger salamander - central California DPS Ambystoma californiense pop. 1 FT ST AAAAA01182 California tiger salamander - Santa Barbara County DPS Ambystoma californiense pop. 2 FE ST AAAAA01183 California tiger salamander - Sonoma County DPS Ambystoma californiense pop. 3 FE ST Categories: General Tagged: tiger salamander