| Oregon Slender Salamander | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Caudata |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Batrachoseps |
| Species: | B. wrightorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrachoseps wrightorum (Bishop, 1937) |
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The Oregon Slender Salamander, Batrachoseps wrightorum, is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.
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The Oregon Slender Salamander is endemic to the Northwestern United States. [1]
Its natural habitat is temperate forests of moist Douglas fir, maple, and red cedar woodlands in Oregon, to 3,000 feet (910 m).[1]
The Oregon Slender Salamander is threatened by habitat loss, it is an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species. [1]