Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species: B. gavilanensis
Binomial name
Batrachoseps gavilanensis
Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001

The Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander, Batrachoseps gavilanensis, is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to California, in Monterey and San Benito, and San Luis Obispo Counties in the western United States. [1]

Distribution

This salamander is endemic to the Gabilan Mountains and central California Coast Ranges. [1]

The Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander's natural habitats are the temperate coastal and inland riparian areas, chaparral and woodlands, and temperate coniferous forests.

References

  1. ^ a b . icun: B. gavilanensis . accessed 12.2.2010

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