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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.
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 ...
Plethodontidae, or lungless salamanders, are a family of salamanders. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With over 500 species, lungless salamanders are by far the largest family of salamanders in terms of their diversity. Most species are native to the Western Hemisphere , from British Columbia to Brazil.
There are 162 salamander species assessed as least concern. Lungless salamanders ... California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)
San Gabriel slender salamander (Batrachoseps gabrieli) San Simeon slender salamander (Batrachoseps incognitus) Sequoia slender salamander (Batrachoseps kawia) Lesser slender salamander (Batrachoseps minor) Relictual slender salamander (Batrachoseps relictus) Aura's golden salamander (Bolitoglossa aurae) Rio Santa Rosa salamander (Bolitoglossa ...
The Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander (Batrachoseps luciae) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to California in the United States, where it is known only from Monterey County. [1] This salamander is distributed in the Santa Lucia Range in California's Central Coast region.
Slender Salamanders = Batrachoseps genus; Pages in category "Slender salamanders" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.