Biology:Sequoia slender salamander

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Sequoia slender salamander
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
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 family Plethodontidae. 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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Batrachoseps kawia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T59126A118988554. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/59126/118988554. Retrieved 17 December 2022. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2211100 entry