Arguello Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps wakei
Sweet and Jockusch, 2021
buh-trak-OH-seps — WAKE-ai
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
New Species. Delimited from B. pacificus by Sweet and Jockusch (2021, Ichthyology & Herpetology 109: 836–850).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.01.14.11.13.09)
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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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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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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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