California Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus
(Eschscholtz, 1833)
buh-trak-OH-seps — at-ten-yoo-AWE-tus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attennuatus: Cooper, James G. 1869. The fauna of California and its geographical distribution. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4():61-81); California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Northern Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus attenuatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1833
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Rathke, Martin H. Zoologischer Atlas: Enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains V. Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der russisch-kaiserlichen Kriegsschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 1823-1826. beobachtet von Dr. Friedrich Eschscholtz, weiland Professor und Director des zoologischen Museums an der Universität zu Dorpat, Mitglied mehrerer gelehrten Gesellschaften, Russ. Kais. Hofrathe und Ritter des Ordens des heil. Wladimir.Funftes Heft. [Zoological Atlas: Containing illustrations and descriptions of new animal species, during the fleet captain V. Kotzebue's second trip around the world, on the Russian-Imperial warship Predpriaetië in the years 1823-1826. Observed by Dr. Friedrich Eschscholtz, former professor and director of the zoological museum at the University of Dorpat, member of several learned societies, Russian. Kais. Court Counselor and Knight of the Order of the Holy. Vladimir. Fifth Issue.] Bei G. Reimer, Berlin, Germany. 34; +5 platespp.
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1925
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Storer, Tracy I. A synopsis of the amphibia of California. University of California Publications in Zoology (27):1-342
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1949
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Stebbins, Robert C. and Charles H. Lowe. The systematic status of Plethopsis with a discussion of speciation in the genus Batrachoseps. Copeia 1949(2):116-129
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1970
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McLean, James H. On the authorship of Part 5 of Eschscholtz's' Zoologischer Atlas,' 1833. The Viliger 13(1):112
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1993
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Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
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2000
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Boundy, Jeff. Batrachoseps attenuatus Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (701):1-6
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2010
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Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letters 13:1378-1389
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2014
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Highton, Richard. Detecting cryptic species in phylogeographic studies: Speciation in the California Slender Salamander, Batrachoseps attenuatus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71:127-141
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