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Slender Salamanders
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Slender Salamanders

Batrachoseps

Slender salamander is the name often given to Plethodontid (lungless) salamanders of the genus Batrachoseps. They are distinguished from other lungless salamanders by their four toes on each foot. Their range is from Oregon and California (USA) to northern Baja California (Mexico). Batracho-seps means "frog-lizard."

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23 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 23 known species

California Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps attenuatus

Black-bellied Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps nigriventris

Southern California Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps major

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps gavilanensis

Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps luciae

Gregarious Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps gregarius

Oregon Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps wrighti

Channel Islands Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps pacificus

San Gabriel Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps gabrieli

Hell Hollow Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps diabolicus

Inyo Mountains Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps campi

Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps altasierrae

San Simeon Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps incognitus

Tehachapi Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps stebbinsi

Lesser Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps minor

Sequoia Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps kawia

Kern Plateau Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps robustus

Fairview Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps bramei

Relictual Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps relictus

Kern Canyon Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps simatus

Arguello Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps wakei

Kings River Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps regius

Desert Slender Salamander

speciesBatrachoseps aridus

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