California slender salamander: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the California slender salamander lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Batrachoseps attenuatus
Group	Salamanders, newts & caecilians
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Caudata
Family	Plethodontidae

Where does the California slender salamander live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the California slender salamander in 1 country or territory across North America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to United States.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the California slender salamander endangered?

The California slender salamander’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the California slender salamander?

The California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) is an amphibian in the order Caudata and the family Plethodontidae, genus Batrachoseps. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the California slender salamander

The California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) is a lungless salamander found primarily in coastal mountain areas of Northern California, United States as well as in limited areas of the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, California, the northern Central Valley of California, and in extreme southwestern Oregon. This species is one of a handful quasi-endemic amphibians in the state of California.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article California slender salamander (revision 1366001396), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2698012 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).