Biology:Klamath black salamander
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Plethodontinae |
| Genus: | Aneides |
| Species: | A. klamathensis
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| Aneides klamathensis Reilly & Wake, 2019
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The Klamath black salamander (Aneides klamathensis) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to the western United States .[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
Previously, it was considered a population of the speckled black salamander (A. flavipunctatus). However, a 2019 study found A. flavipunctatus to represent a species complex and split multiple species off it, including the Klamath population, which was described as Aneides klamathensis.[3][5][6]
Distribution
This species inhabits the Klamath Mountains in northern California and southern Oregon. It ranges from southeast-central Humboldt and Trinity counties in California north to southern Josephine and Jackson counties in Oregon.[3]
Description
This species has a solid black base coloration overlaid by greenish-gray frosting that extends down the trunk. Its limbs are heavily spotted with white to cream-colored spots, but this are largely scattered on other dorsal surfaces.[5][7]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Aneides klamathensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T178761384A180437641. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178761384/180437641. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1162315/Aneides_klamathensis.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Aneides klamathensis Reilly and Wake, 2019 | Amphibian Species of the World". https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Caudata/Plethodontidae/Plethodontinae/Aneides/Aneides-klamathensis.
- ↑ "AmphibiaWeb - Aneides klamathensis". https://amphibiaweb.org/species/9046.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Reilly, Sean B.; Wake, David B. (2019-08-01). "Taxonomic revision of black salamanders of the Aneides flavipunctatus complex (Caudata: Plethodontidae)" (in en). PeerJ 7: e7370. doi:10.7717/peerj.7370. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 31396443.
- ↑ "Speckled Black Salamander - Aneides flavipunctatus flavipunctatus". http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/a.f.flavipunctatus.html.
- ↑ "Klamath black salamander | Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife". https://myodfw.com/wildlife-viewing/species/klamath-black-salamander#:~:text=Adult%20Klamath%20black%20salamanders%20that,,%20backs,%20tails%20and%20legs..
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