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]
Sequoia slender salamander | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Plethodontidae |
Genus: | Batrachoseps |
Species: | B. kawia
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Binomial name | |
Batrachoseps kawia Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998
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Distribution
editThis 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
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edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Batrachoseps kawia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T59126A118988554. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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