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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 threatened by habitat loss along with most native species occurring in coastal southern California, it is an IUCN Red List species of least concern. [1] B. major is able to adapt to dramatically human-altered habitats, such as suburban yards, [ 5 ] to a greater extent than most other local amphibians, and as such is ...
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.
They are endemic to mountains of California in the United States. [1] Salamanders of this genus are distinguished in having extremely long tongues that they can project to 80% of their body length. [2] Similar species endemic to southern France and Italy are now classified in a distinct genus, Speleomantes.
The Tehachapi slender salamander is closely related to the Kern Canyon slender salamander. It is considered a threatened species in California, and is found only in isolated areas of the Piute and Tehachapi Mountains of the Transverse Ranges in Southern California. Much of the salamander's habitat is currently located on land owned by Tejon Ranch.
The California giant salamander is endemic to Northern California and lives up to 6,500 feet (2,000 m) primarily in damp, coastal forests including coast Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) and California coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in both montane and valley-foothill riparian habitats. They tend to be common where they ...
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.