| A
genus of long slender caudatas from western parts of
North America. The genus counts nearly 20 species.
Batrachoseps
Bonaparte, 1841
(Type
= Salamandrina attenuata Eschscholtz,
1833)
Plethopsis Bishop, 1937
(Type = Plethopsis wrighti Bishop,
1937) |
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Batrachoseps
attenuatus (Eschscholtz, 1833)
Bartrachoseps
attenuatus attenuatus (Eschscholtz,
1833)
Salamandrina attenuata Eschscholtz,
1833 |
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
campi Marlow, Brode & Wake, 1979
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
diabolicus Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
gabrieli Wake, 1996
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
gavilanensis Jockusch, Yanev & Wake,
2001
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
gregarius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
incognitus Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
kawia Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
luciae Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001
Distribution: USA. |
Batrachoseps
major Camp, 1915
Batrachoseps
aridus Brame, 1970
Batrachoseps attenuatus catalinae
Dunn, 1922
Batrachoseps attenuatus leucopus
Dunn, 1922
Batrachoseps attenuatus major Camp,
1915
Batrachoseps catalinae Dunn, 1922
Batrachoseps leucopus Dunn, 1922
Batrachoseps major aridus Brame,
1970
Batrachoseps major major Camp,
1915
Batrachoseps pacificus catalinae
Dunn, 1922
Batrachoseps pacificus leucopus
Dunn, 1922
Batrachoseps pacificus major Camp,
1915 |
Distribution: Mexico
and USA. |
| Batrachoseps
minor Jockusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
nigriventris Cope, 1869
Distribution: USA. |
Batrachoseps
pacificus (Cope, 1865)
Batrachoseps
attenuatus pacificus (Cope, 1865)
Batrachoseps pacificus pacificus
(Cope, 1865)
Hemidactylium pacificum Cope, 1865 |
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
regius Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998
Distribution: USA. |
Batrachoseps
relictus Brame & Murray, 1968
Batrachoseps
pacificus relictus Brame & Murray,
1968 |
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
simatus Brame & Murray, 1968
Distribution: USA. |
| Batrachoseps
stebbinsi Brame & Murray, 1968
Distribution: USA. |
Batrachoseps
wrightorum (Bishop, 1937)
Batrachoseps
wrighti (Bishop, 1937)
Plethopsis wrighti Bishop, 1937 |
Distribution: USA. |
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| Literature |
| Behler,
J.L. & F.W. King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field
Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. Alfred
A. Knopf, New York, 743 pp. |
| Bille,
T. 1999. En introduktion til Méxicos herpetofauna
– 2. del. Halepadder. NHF, 42(1): 2-10. |
| Boundy,
J. 2000. Batrachoseps attenuatus. Cat. Amer.
Amphib. Rept., 701: 1-6. |
| Burkhardt,
T., S. Winegarner & R.W. Hansen. 2001. Batrachoseps
stebbinsi. Attempted Predation. Herpetol. Rev., 32(4):
245. |
Cunningham, J.D. 1960. Aspects of the ecology of the Pacific
slender salamander, Batrachoseps pacificus, in
southern California. Ecology, 41: 88-99. |
| Gillette,
J.R. 2002. Odor Discrimination in the California Slender
Salamander, Batrachoseps attenuatus: Evidence
for Self-Recognition. Herpetologica, 58(2): 165-170. |
| Goodman,
R.H., Jr., S.K. Watanabe, K.P. Condon, M.N. Pires &
M.S. Benton. 1998. Geographic Distribution. Batrachoseps
gabrieli. Herpetol. Rev., 29(3): 171. |
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Hendrickson, J.R. 1954. Ecology and systematics of the
salamanders of the genus Batrachoseps. Univ.
Calif. Publ. Zool., 54: 1-46. |
| Jockusch,
E.L. 2001. Batrachoseps campi. Cat. Amer. Amphib.
Rept., 722: 1-2. |
| Jockusch,
E.L., D.B. Wake & K.P. Yanev. 1998. New Species of
Slender Salamanders, Batrachoseps (Amphibia:
Plethodontidae), from the Sierra Nevada of California.
Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 472: 1-17. |
| Jockusch,
E.L., K.P. Yanev & D.B. Wake. 2001. Molecular Phylogenetic
Analysis of Slender Salamanders, Genus Batrachoseps
(Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from Central Coastal California
with Descriptions of Four New Species. Herpetol. Monogr.,
15: 54-99. |
Lynch,
J.F. 1985. The Feeding Ecology of Aneides flavipunctatus
and Sympatric Plethodontid Salamanders in Northwestern
California. J. Herpetol., 19(3): 328-352. |
| Reaser,
J.K. 1997. Batrachoseps attenuatus. Predation.
Herpetol. Rev., 28(2): 81. |
| Wake,
D.B. 1996. A New Species of Batrachoseps (Amphibia:
Plethodontidae) from the San Gabriel Mountains, Southern
California. Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles
Co., 463: 1-12. |
| Wake,
D.B. & J. Castanet. 1995. A Skeletochronological Study
of Growth and Age in Relation to Adult Size in Batrachoseps
attenuatus. J. Herpetol., 29(1): 60-65. |
| Wake,
D.B., E.L. Jockusch & T.J. Papenfuss. 1998. Does Batrachoseps
Occur in Alaska? Herpetol. Rev., 29(1): 12-14. |
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Wake, D.B., K.P. Yanev & R.W. Hansen. 2002. New species
of slender salamander, genus Batrachoseps, from
the southern Sierra Nevada of California. Copeia, 2002(4):1016-1028.
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| Wisely,
S.M. & R.T. Golightly. 2003. Behavioral and Ecological
Adaptations to Water Economy in Two Plethodontid Salamanders,
Ensatina eschscholtzii and Batrachoseps attenuatus.
J. Herpetol., 37(4): 659-665. |
| Yanev,
K.P. & D.B. Wake. 1981. Genic Differentiation in a
Relict Desert Salamander, Batrachoseps campi.
Herpetologica, 37(1): 16-28. |
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