Arguello Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps wakei
Sweet and Jockusch, 2021
buh-TRAY-koh-seps — WAY-kee-eye
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
New Species. Delimited from B. pacificus by Sweet and Jockusch (2021, Ichthyology & Herpetology 109: 836–850).
(Pyron, R. Alexander, Christopher K. Beachy, David A. Beamer, and Kenneth M. Kozak. 2025. Caudata – Salamanders. Pages 10-21 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
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Occurrences:
18 Total
15 Museum
3 Other
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Province/State Distribution:
United States: California
Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for a leading evolutionary biologist.
Batrachoseps — Greek batrachos = “frog” + seps = “lizard”
wakei — Patronym honoring David B. Wake (1936–2021), noted for work on salamander evolution and taxonomy.
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
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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1954
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Hendrickson, John R. Ecology and systematics of salamander of the genus Batrachoseps. University of California Publications in Zoology 54(1):1-46
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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 Letter 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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2021
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Sweet, Samuel S. and Elizabeth L. Jockusch. A new relict species of Slender Salamander (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) with a tiny range from Point Arguello, California. Ichthyology & Herpetology 109:836–850
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