Channel Islands slender salamander
| Channel Islands slender salamander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Plethodontidae |
| Genus: | Batrachoseps |
| Species: | B. pacificus
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| Binomial name | |
| Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865)
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The Channel Islands slender salamander (Batrachoseps pacificus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. Due to cool and foggy conditions on the island where it lives, it is one of the only California slender salamanders that can be active year-round.[3]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Batrachoseps pacificus is endemic to the northern California Channel Islands, being found on San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, and Anacapa Island. It is the only amphibian endemic to the islands off California.
On the islands where it occurs, the Channel Islands slender salamander occupies a wide range of habitats, including island coastal sage scrub, grasslands, chaparral, oak woodlands, pine woodlands, and, uniquely, beaches containing driftwood.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). "Batrachoseps pacificus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T59131A11887448. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T59131A11887448.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ a b Ventura, Mailing Address: 1901 Spinnaker Drive; Us, CA 93001 Phone: 805 658-5730 Contact. "Channel Islands Slender Salamander - Channel Islands National Park (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Batrachoseps
- Endemic fauna of California
- Amphibians of the United States
- Fauna of the Channel Islands of California
- Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Amphibians described in 1865
- Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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