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The lungless salamanders, in addition to having no lungs, have long slender snake-shaped bodies with very small limbs that appear almost vestigial in several species. [1] Their main diet consists of small insects, such as springtails, small bark beetles, crickets, young snails, mites, and spiders.
Slender Salamanders = Batrachoseps genus; Pages in category "Slender salamanders" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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.
One subspecies, the desert slender salamander [4] (B. m. aridus, sometimes Batrachoseps aridus), is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. [7] It is possibly extinct, with no individuals being found since 1996. However, a thorough search has not been conducted in several decades, and it is possible that salamanders remain ...
The Oregon slender salamander is threatened by habitat loss and classified as IUCN Red List Near threatened. [1] It is federally listed as a Species of Concern. The state of Oregon has listed it as sensitive in the Oregon Conservation Strategy. [5]
As of September 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 3160 least concern amphibian species. [1] 38% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as least concern. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the IUCN. This is a complete list of least concern amphibian species as evaluated by the IUCN.
Thorius aureus is a slender salamander with a narrow head and long tail. However, among Thorius it counts as a large and robust species, with males measuring 21.1–29.3 mm (0.83–1.15 in) and females 22.6–34.9 mm (0.89–1.37 in) in snout–vent length.
The Gabilan Mountains slender salamander (Batrachoseps gavilanensis) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to California in the United States, where it is distributed along the Central Coast region from Santa Cruz to northern Kern County. [1] [2]