Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lesser Slender Salamander
Description
Habitat
Ecology: It inhabits deeply shaded slopes
with abundant leaf-litter in mesic
canyons
wooded with tanbark oak, coast live oak, sycamore, laurel, and poison oak. It is also found in less shaded areas with blue oaks and coast live oaks (Jockusch et al. 2001).[1]
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Urodela
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
()
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
()
- Genus:
Batrachoseps
()
- Bonaparte, 1839
- Specific name:
minor
- Jockusch, Yanev and Wake, 2001
- Scientific name: - Batrachoseps minor Jockusch, Yanev and Wake, 2001
- Specific name:
minor
- Jockusch, Yanev and Wake, 2001
- Genus:
Batrachoseps
(
- Tribe:
Bolitoglossini
(
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Urodela
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 29-Aug-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Batrachoseps
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. aridus · B. attenuatus (California Slender Salamander) · B. attenuatus attenuatus (California Slender Salamander) · B. attenuatus pacificus · B. campi (Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. diabolicus (Hell Hollow Slender Salamander) · B. gabrieli (San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. gavilanensis (Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. gregarius (Gregarious Slender Salamander) · B. incognitus (San Simeon Slender Salamander) · B. kawia (Sequoia Slender Salamander) · B. luciae (Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. major (Desert Slender Salamander) · B. major aridus (Desert Slender Salamander) · B. minor (Lesser Slender Salamander) · B. nigriventris (Black-Bellied Slender Salamander) · B. pacificus (Channel Islands Slender Salamander) · B. pacificus major · B. pacificus pacificus · B. regius (Kings River Slender Salamander) · B. relictus (Relictual Slender Salamander) · B. robustus (Kern Plateau Slender Salamander) · B. simatus (Kern Canyon Slender Salamander) · B. stebbinsi (Tehachapi Slender Salamander) · B. wrighti · B. wrightorum (Oregon Slender Salamander)
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Further Reading
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Elizabeth L. Jockusch, Kay P. Yanev, and David B. Wake (2001). ''Molecular phylogenetic analysis of slender salamanders, genus Batrachoseps (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from central coastal California with descriptions of four new species.'' Herpetological Monographs, (15), 54-99.
- Jockusch, E.L., Yanev, K.P. and Wake, D.B. 2001. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of slender salamanders, genus Batrachoseps (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from central coastal California with descriptions of four new species. Herpetological Monographs 15: 54-99.
- Yanev, K.P. 1980. Biogeography and distribution of three parapatric salamander species in coastal and borderland California. In: D.M. Power (ed.), The California Islands: Proceedings of a Multidisciplinary Symposium, pp. 531-550. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Hammerson, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475271
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668246
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668246
- IUCN ID: 59129
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAD02170
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7097
Footnotes
- Hammerson, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
