#1928 · 🐸 amphibians

California Slender Salamander

🇳🇱 Californische slanke salamander ·Batrachoseps attenuatus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Michael Spencer · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Scott Loarie · CC BY 4.0
3. © J. Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © J. Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Brad Carlson · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. California, US:© Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Fremont, CA, USA:© Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Oregon, US:© daniellemilesforest · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Folsom, CA, USA:© alexb0000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Hill House Rd, Boulder Creek, CA, US:© Gordon Lau · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The California slender salamander ( Batrachoseps attenuatus ) is a lungless salamander that is found primarily in coastal mountain areas of Northern California, United States as well as in a limited part of the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, California, in patches of the northern Central Valley of California, and in extreme southwestern Oregon. What makes this amphibian notable is that this species resides primarily in a limited range within California as one of a handful quasi-endemic...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 29,837iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
29,837 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz in 1833 (193 years ago).