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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.
The California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) is a vulnerable amphibian native to California. It is a mole salamander . Previously considered to be a subspecies of the tiger salamander ( A. tigrinum) , the California tiger salamander was recently designated a separate species again. [ 4 ]
While Batrachoseps major is a small salamander, it is larger than most other Batrachoseps slender salamanders. Adults are 3.2–5.9 centimetres (1.3–2.3 in) in length and have 17-21 costal grooves. [3] Like other Batrachoseps, B. major has only four toes on its hind feet. Color is variable, but individuals are usually some form of gray.
Speckled black salamander Aneides iecanus: Shasta black salamander Aneides klamathensis: Klamath black salamander Aneides lugubris: Arboreal salamander Aneides niger: Santa Cruz black salamander Aneides vagrans: Wandering salamander Batrachoseps altasierrae: Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander Batrachoseps attenuatus: California slender ...
The Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) is an endangered subspecies of the long-toed salamander, which is found only close to a few isolated ponds in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in California. It has a black body, broken yellow or orange irregular striping along its spine, and a tail fin well evolved for swimming.
The limestone salamander has a flattened body, head, webbed toes, and a short tail. It is typically 5.0-7.5 cm in length. Adults are brownish with a pale ventral surface; the male has oval-shaped mental gland. The species was originally thought to be life-birthing, [2] but is now known to lay eggs. Young hatch in the egg and emerge fully formed ...
The Channel Islands slender salamander (Batrachoseps pacificus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. Due to cool and foggy conditions on the islands where it lives, it is one of the only slender salamanders in California that can be active year-round.
The Kern Canyon slender salamander is endemic to California, in Kern County in the western United States. [1] This salamander is endemic to and only found in the forested regions of the southern Sierra Nevada south of the Lower Kern River. Much of the salamander's habitat is in the Sequoia National Forest between Bakersfield and Lake Isabella.