Sequoia slender salamander

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Sequoia slender salamander
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Scientific classification edit
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. ^ a b c Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Batrachoseps kawia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59126A11886581. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59126A11886581.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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