Sequoia slender salamander

Sequoia slender salamander
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Caudata
Family: Plethodontidae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species: B. kawia
Binomial name
Batrachoseps kawia
Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998

The sequoia slender salamander (Batrachoseps kawia) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to California, in Tulare County in the western United States.[1]

Distribution

This salamander is endemic the watershed of the Kaweah River at elevations from 500 metres (1,600 ft) up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in the Sierra Nevada.[1]

The sequoia slender salamander's natural habitat is in riparian woodlands and temperate coniferous forests in the western Sierra.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). Batrachoseps kawia. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.


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