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Slender salamander. Batrachoseps is a genus of lungless salamanders (plethodontids) often called slender salamanders. They can be distinguished from other lungless salamanders by the four toes they have on each foot. Their genus name Batracho-seps means "frog-lizard", in reference to their projectile tongues.
California red-legged frog. Rana luteiventris. Columbia spotted frog *. Rana muscosa [e] Southern mountain yellow-legged frog. Rana pretiosa. Oregon spotted frog *. Rana sierrae. Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog.
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.
Species: B. major. Binomial name. Batrachoseps major. Camp, 1915. The Garden slender salamander (Batrachoseps major) or Southern California slender salamander[2] is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to northern Baja California in Mexico and Southern California in the United States. [1]
The adult California giant salamander can reach 17–30.5 cm (6.7–12 inches) in total length (including tail). Like most salamanders, the California giant salamander has four toes on the front feet and five toes on the back feet. The California giant salamander's tail is approximately 40% of the total length of the salamander and is laterally ...
The California newt has warty, slate-gray skin on its back and bright orange-yellow skin underneath. It is very similar in appearance to the rough-skinned newt and they are often indistinguishable without dissection, but in general, the California newt has orange skin around the bottom of its eye while the Rough-skinned has gray skin at the bottom of its eye.
Ensatina. The ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii) is a species complex of plethodontid (lungless) salamanders [2] found in coniferous forests, oak woodland and chaparral [3] from British Columbia, through Washington, Oregon, across California (where all seven subspecies variations are located), all the way down to Baja California in Mexico. The ...
Three species of Old World rats and mice occur in California. House mouse, Mus musculus (introduced) Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus (introduced) Black rat, Rattus rattus (introduced) Order: Rodentia Family: Dipodidae. Two species of jumping mice occur in California. Western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps.