Kern Canyon Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps simatus
Brame and Murray, 1968
buh-trak-OH-seps — see-MAW-tus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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Etymology:
Named for its isolated and narrow habitat.
Batrachoseps — Greek batrachos = “frog” + seps = “lizard”
simatus — Latin simatus = “snub-nosed” or possibly derived from simus = “flattened,” perhaps referencing head shape or body form.
First instance(s) of published English names:
Kern Canyon Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps simatus: 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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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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1968
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Brame, A. H., Jr. and K. F. Murray. Three new slender salamanders (Batrachoseps) with a discussion of relationships and speciation within the genus. Science Bulletin. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 4:1–35
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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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