| Sequoia Slender Salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Batrachoseps |
| Species: | B. kawia |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrachoseps kawia Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 |
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The Sequoia Slender Salamander, Batrachoseps kawia, is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to California, in Tulare County in the western United States. [1]
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This salamander is endemic the watershed of the Kaweah River at elevations from 500 metres (1,600 ft) up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in the Sierra Nevada. [1]
The Sequoia Slender Salamander's natural habitat is in riparian woodlands and temperate coniferous forests in the western Sierra.