Sequoia slender salamander
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| Species: | B. kawia
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| Batrachoseps kawia Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998
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The sequoia slender salamander (Batrachoseps kawia) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. 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
- ^ a b c Geoffrey Hammerson (2004). Batrachoseps kawia. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
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