Sequoia slender salamander

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Sequoia slender salamander
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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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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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