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Slender salamander is a common name given to lungless salamanders of the genus Batrachoseps. They are different from other lungless salamanders. They have four toes on each foot. They live in Oregon, California and Baja California in Mexico.

Species

19 species are recognized in this genus:

Batrachoseps attenuatus Eschscholtz, 1833	California slender salamander
Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode & Wake, 1979	Inyo Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps diabolicus Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998	Hell Hollow slender salamander
Batrachoseps gabrieli Wake, 1996	San Gabriel slender salamander
Batrachoseps gavilanensis Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001	Gabilan Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps gregarius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998	Gregarious slender salamander
Batrachoseps incognitus Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001	San Simeon slender salamander
Batrachoseps kawia Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998	Sequoia slender salamander
Batrachoseps luciae Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001	San Lucia Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps major Camp, 1915	Garden slender salamander
Batrachoseps minor Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 1998	Lesser slender salamander
Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope, 1869	Black-bellied slender salamander
Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865)	Pacific slender salamander
Batrachoseps regius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998	King's River slender salamander
Batrachoseps relictus Brame & Murray, 1968	Relictual slender salamander
Batrachoseps robustus Wake, Yanev & Hansen, 2002	Kern Plateau slender salamander
Batrachoseps simatus Brame & Murray, 1968	Kern Canyon slender salamander
Batrachoseps stebbinsi Brame & Murray, 1968	Tehachapi slender salamander
Batrachoseps wrighti (Bishop, 1937)	Oregon slender salamander

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Tree of Life: Batrachoseps
A slender salamanders page Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

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