Slender salamander facts for kids
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Slender salamander is a common name given to lungless salamanders of the genus Batrachoseps. They are different from other lungless salamanders. They have four toes on each foot. They live in Oregon, California and Baja California in Mexico.
Species
19 species are recognized in this genus:
| Batrachoseps attenuatus Eschscholtz, 1833 |
California slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode & Wake, 1979 |
Inyo Mountains slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps diabolicus Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 |
Hell Hollow slender salamander |
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| Batrachoseps gabrieli Wake, 1996 |
San Gabriel slender salamander |
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| Batrachoseps gavilanensis Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 |
Gabilan Mountains slender salamander |
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| Batrachoseps gregarius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 |
Gregarious slender salamander |
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| Batrachoseps incognitus Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 |
San Simeon slender salamander |
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| Batrachoseps kawia Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 |
Sequoia slender salamander |
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| Batrachoseps luciae Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 |
San Lucia Mountains slender salamander |
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| Batrachoseps major Camp, 1915 |
Garden slender salamander |
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| Batrachoseps minor Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 1998 |
Lesser slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope, 1869 |
Black-bellied slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865) |
Pacific slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps regius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 |
King's River slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps relictus Brame & Murray, 1968 |
Relictual slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps robustus Wake, Yanev & Hansen, 2002 |
Kern Plateau slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps simatus Brame & Murray, 1968 |
Kern Canyon slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps stebbinsi Brame & Murray, 1968 |
Tehachapi slender salamander | |
| Batrachoseps wrighti (Bishop, 1937) |
Oregon slender salamander |
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Batrachoseps. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: July 30, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Batrachoseps. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: July 30, 2008).
Images for kids
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Batrachoseps gavilanensis – Gabilan Mountains slender salamander
See also
In Spanish: Batrachoseps para niños
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