Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Monterey Ensatina, Ensatina, Large-Blotched Ensatina, Oregon Ensatina, Painted Ensatina, Redwood Salamander, Sierra Nevada Ensatina, Yellow-Blotched Ensatina, Yellow-Eyed Ensatina
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,265 meters (0 to 4,150 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
()
- Tribe:
Plethodontini
()
- Genus:
Ensatina
()
- Gray, 1850
- Specific name:
eschscholtzii
- Subspecies:
eschscholtzii
- Scientific name: - ican Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. ii-41. ISBN: 0-916984-21-4.
- Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana:
- Subspecies:
eschscholtzii
- Specific name:
eschscholtzii
- Genus:
Ensatina
(
- Tribe:
Plethodontini
(
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- 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: June 11, 2001.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ensatina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. ensatina (Yellow-Blotched Ensatina) · E. eschscholtzii (Redwood Salamander) · E. eschscholtzii croceater (Yellow-Blotched Ensatina) · E. eschscholtzii croceator (Yellow-Blotched Salamander) · E. eschscholtzii eschscholtzii (Monterey Ensatina) · E. eschscholtzii klauberi (Large-Blotched Ensatina) · E. eschscholtzii oregonensis (Oregon Ensatina) · E. eschscholtzii picta (Painted Ensatina) · E. eschscholtzii platensis (Ensatina) · E. eschscholtzii xanthoptica (Ensatina)
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Further Reading
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Collins, J. T. 1990. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. ii-41. ISBN: 0-916984-21-4.
- Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
- Frost, Darrel R. 1997. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Stebbins, Robert C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, Mass. 336.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2757578
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-208362
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13885857
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208362
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAD04012
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 177580
Footnotes
- Mean = 163.590 meters (536.713 feet), Standard Deviation = 635.360 based on 362 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
