Black-bellied Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps nigriventris
Cope, 1869
buh-trak-OH-seps — nee-greh-VEN-tris
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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Etymology:
Named for its ventral coloration.
Batrachoseps — Greek batrachos = “frog” + seps = “lizard.”
nigriventris — Latin niger = “black” + venter = “belly” — “black-bellied.”
First instance(s) of published English names:
Black-bellied Lizard (Batrachoseps niriventris: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Blackbelly Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps nigriventris: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith. 1978. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1869
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Cope, Edward D. A review of the species of the Plethodontidae and Desmognathidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 21:93-118
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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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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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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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