| Kern Plateau Salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Batrachoseps |
| Species: | B. robustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrachoseps robustus Wake, Yanev & Hansen, 2002 |
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The Kern Plateau Salamander, Batrachoseps robustus, is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to California, in Tulare and Inyo, and Kern Counties in the western United States. [1]
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This salamander is endemic to three locations in the southern Sierra Nevada: in the upper Kern River's Kern Plateau; the western margin of the Owens Valley; and the Scodie Mountains, at elevations from 1,615–2,800 metres (5,299–9,200 ft). [1]
Its natural habitat is freshwater springs in the temperate coniferous forests and in higher Mojave Desert-Sierra forest ecotones.
The Kern Plateau Salamander is threatened by habitat loss, it is an IUCN Red List Near threatened species. [1]