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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 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 ...
Monterey County, California Garden slender salamander: Batrachoseps major: Camp, 1915: northern Baja California in Mexico and Southern California, United States Lesser slender salamander: Batrachoseps minor: Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 1998: San Luis Obispo County, California Black-bellied slender salamander: Batrachoseps nigriventris: Cope, 1869 ...
Arboreal salamander Aneides niger: Santa Cruz black salamander Aneides vagrans: Wandering salamander Batrachoseps altasierrae: Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander Batrachoseps attenuatus: California slender salamander Batrachoseps bramei: Fairview slender salamander Batrachoseps campi: Inyo Mountains slender salamander Batrachoseps diabolicus
The red-bellied newt is also similar but has dark irises vs. yellow in the California newt, more red coloration underneath, and a dark band across the vent that is lacking in the California newt. [5] [citation needed].Newts are amphibians. They are related to salamanders (in a subfamily called Pleurodelinae). They live in North America, Europe ...
These salamanders are mostly terrestrial and eat invertebrates, although some species are known to eat smaller salamanders. They can be found throughout the US and some areas of Canada in damp forests or plains. This family contains some of the largest terrestrial salamanders in the world, the tiger salamander and the coastal giant salamander ...
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 ]
Due to the extremely dry summer climate in coastal California and neighboring northwest Baja California, B. major (along with almost every other coastal California salamander) is only active above ground in the wetter winter months, typically from as early as October to as late as June. These salamanders are active near the surface when soil ...