Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
San Simeon Slender Salamander
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
Its habitats
range
from closed-canopy forest
at higher altitudes
to rather open oak woodlands near the coast, including open yellow
pine forest and the leaf-litter of laurel and sycamore woodland (Jockusch
et al.
2001).[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
()
- Genus:
Batrachoseps
()
- Specific name:
incognitus
- Jockusch, Yanev and Wake, 2001
- Scientific name: - Batrachoseps incognitus Jockusch, Yanev and Wake, 2001
- Specific name:
incognitus
- Jockusch, Yanev and Wake, 2001
- Genus:
Batrachoseps
(
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Batrachoseps
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. aridus (Desert Slender Salamander) · B. attenuatus (California Slender Salamander) · B. attenuatus attenuatus (California Slender Salamander) · B. campi (Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. diabolicus (Hell Hollow Slender Salamander) · B. gabrieli (San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. gavilanensis (Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander.) · B. gregarius (Gregarious Slender Salamander) · B. incognitus (San Simeon Slender Salamander) · B. kawia (Sequoia Slender Salamander) · B. luciae (Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. major (Garden Slender Salamander) · B. major aridus (Desert Slender Salamander) · B. minor (Lesser Slender Salamander.) · B. nigriventris (Black-Bellied Slender Salamander) · B. pacificus (Channel Islands Slender Salamander) · B. regius (Kings River Slender Salamander) · B. relictus (Relictual Slender Salamander) · B. robustus (Kern Plateau Salamander) · B. simatus (Kern Canyon Slender Salamander) · B. stebbinsi (Tehachapi Slender Salamander) · B. wrighti (Oregon Slender Salamander) · B. wrightorum (Oregon Slender Salamander)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Elizabeth L. Jockusch, Kay P. Yanev, and David B. Wake (2001). ''Molecular phylogenetic analysis of slender salamanders, genus Batrachoseps (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from central coastal California with descriptions of four new species.'' Herpetological Monographs, (15), 54-99.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Jockusch, E.L., Yanev, K.P. and Wake, D.B. 2001. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of slender salamanders, genus Batrachoseps (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from central coastal California with descriptions of four new species. Herpetological Monographs: 54-99.
- Yanev, K.P. 1980. Biogeography and distribution of three parapatric salamander species in coastal and borderland California. In: Power, D.M. (ed.), The California Islands: Proceedings of a Multidisciplinary Symposium, pp. 531-550. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Batrachoseps incognitus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Hammerson, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 25784
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-668244
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 668244
- IUCN ID: 194612
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAAAD02180
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7093
Footnotes
- Geoffrey Hammerson 2004. Batrachoseps incognitus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
