Northwestern Salamander Ambystoma gracile  (Baird, 1857)
An adult specimen from Lane County, Oregon Image © Suzanne L. Collins, 2001
Etymology:1
	Latin - gracile - slender, delicate
Original Description:2
	Siredon gracilis Baird (1859, Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Volume 10, part 4, number 4: 13). Syntypes: USNM 4080 (2 larval specimens). Type locality: "Cascade Mountains, near latitude 40° [N.]", Oregon.
Distribution:
	Extreme southeastern Alaska south to the mouth of the Gualala River, Sonoma County, California.
References:
	See account by Snyder (1963, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 6.1-2). Titus (1990, Journal of Herpetology 24: 107-108) discussed genic variation and relationships among populations and recommended against recognition of subspecies.
1.	Data Modified From: Translations of the Scientific Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America, Ellin Beltz.
2.	Data Modified From: Citations for the Original Descriptions of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. SSAR Herpetological Circular 24. Ellin Beltz, 1995.