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Last update: 29 June, 2004

A monotypic genus of west coast plethodontid salamanders.

Ensatina Gray, 1850
(Type = Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850)
Heredia Girard, 1856
(Type = Heredia oregonensis Girard, 1856
Urotropis Jimenez de la Espada, 1875
(Type = Urotropis platensis Jimenez de la Espada, 1875)
Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850

  • eschscholtzii eschscholtzii Gray, 1850
    Ensatina sierrae Storer, 1929
    Plethodon eschscholtzii     (Gray, 1850)
  • eschscholtzii croceater (Cope, 1868)
    Ensatina croceater (Cope, 1868)
    Plethodon croceater Cope, 1868
  • eschscholtzii klauberi Dunn, 1929
    Ensatina klauberi Dunn, 1929
  • eschscholtzii oregonensis (Girard, 1856)
    Heredia oregonensis Girard, 1856
    Plethodon oregonensis (Girard, 1856)
  • eschscholtzii picta Wood, 1940
     
  • eschscholtzii platensis (Espada, 1875)
    Ensatina platensis (Espada, 1875)
    Plethodon platensis (Espada, 1875)
    Urotropis platensis Espada, 1875
  • eschscholtzii xanthoptica Stebbins, 1949
     
    • Distribution: Canada (oregonensis), Mexico (eschscholtzii) and USA (all).
    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.
    Beneski, J.T., Jr. 1989. Adaptive Significance of Tail Autotomy in the Salamander, Ensatina. J. Herpetol., 23(3): 322-324.
    Bille, T. 1999. En introduktion til Méxicos herpetofauna – 2. del. Halepadder. NHF, 42(1): 2-10.
    Darda, D.M., J.W. Baugh & P.A. Garvey-Darda. 2001. Geographic Distribution. Ensatina eschscholtzii. Herpetol. Rev., 32(1): 53.
    Davis, T.M. 1997. Non-Disruptive Monitoring of Terrestrial Salamanders with Artificial Cover Objects on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Herpetol. Conserv., 1: 161-174.
    Hallowell, E. 1856. Notes on the Reptiles in the collection of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 1856: 221-237.
    Jones, L.L.C. & S. Grayson. 1998. Geographic Distribution. Ensatina eschscholtzii. Herpetol. Rev., 29(4): 244.
    Kelson, J., B. Beasley, E. Wind & K. Ovaska. 1999. Geographic Distribution. Ensatina eschscholtzii. Herpetol. Rev., 30(3): 171.
    Lynch, J.F. 1985. The Feeding Ecology of Aneides flavipunctatus and Sympatric Plethodontid Salamanders in Northwestern California. J. Herpetol., 19(3): 328-352.
    Mahrdt, C.R. 1975. The Occurrence of Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii in Baja California, Mexico. J. Herpetol., 9(2): 240-242.
    Mahrdt, C.R., R.H. McPeak & L.L. Grismer. 1998 (1999). The discovery of Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi (Plethodontidae) in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, México. Herpetol. Nat. Hist., 6(1): 73-76.
    Moritz, C., C.J. Schneider & D.B. Wake. 1992. Evolutionary relationships within the Ensatina eschscholtzii complex confirm the ring species interpretation. Syst. Biol., 41: 273-291.
    Staub, N.L., C.W. Brown & D.B. Wake. 1995. Patterns of Growth and Movements in a Population of Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis (Caudata: Plethodontidae) in the Sierra Nevada, California. J. Herpetol., 29(4): 593-599.
    Wake, D.B. 1997. Incipient species formation in salamanders of the Ensatina complex. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 94: 7761-7767.
    Wallays, H. 1999. Urodelenkundliche Exkursion in Oregon, USA. elaphe, 7(3): 71-72.
    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.