Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander | |
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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]
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.