Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander
| Santa Lucia 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. luciae |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrachoseps luciae Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 | |
The Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander (Batrachoseps luciae) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.
Distribution
It is endemic to California, in Monterey County in the western United States.[1]
This salamander is endemic to the Santa Lucia Range from the Monterey Peninsula south to near the Monterey-San Luis Obispo county line. Its natural habitats are riparian areas, montane chaparral and woodlands, and temperate coniferous forests.[1]