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California Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps attenuatus

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
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Field Notes

Description:

The California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) is a lungless salamander[2] that is found primarily in coastal mountain areas of Northern California, United States as well as in a limited part of the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, California, in patches of the northern Central Valley of California, and in extreme southwestern Oregon. What makes this amphibian notable is that this species resides primarily in a limited range within California as one of a handful quasi-endemic amphibians in the state.

Habitat:

moist leaf litter, below pine trees

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)

We get these in our backyard in the Oakland foothills. I'd always thought they were commonly called slender-legged salamanders, but that's the problem with common names I guess. =)
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2012

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