Batrachoseps

Batrachoseps attenuatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species (22): B. altasierrae – B. attenuatus – B. bramei – B. campi – B. diabolicus – B. gabrieli – B. gavilanensis – B. gregarius – B. incognitus – B. kawia – B. luciae – B. major – B. minor – B. nigriventris – B. pacificus – B. regius – B. relictus – B. robustus – B. simatus – B. stebbinsi – B. wakei – B. wrighti

Name

Batrachoseps Bonaparte, 1839: fol. 131

• Type species: Salamandrina attenuata Eschscholtz, 1833, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Plethopsis Bishop, 1937: 93 [synonymised by Stebbins & Lowe (1949: 128)]
  • Type species: Plethopsis wrighti Bishop, 1937, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1832–1841. Iconographia della Fauna Italica per le Quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Tomo II. Amphibi. Salviucci: Rome. 65 pp. + 153 pls. BHL Reference page. 

• Stebbins, R.C., & Lowe, Jr., C.H. 1949. The Systematic Status of Plethopsis with a Discussion of Speciation in the Genus Batrachoseps. Copeia 1949(2): 116–129. DOI: 10.2307/1438486 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jackman, T.R., Applebaum, G. & Wake, D.B. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of bolitoglossine salamanders: a demonstration of the effects of combining morphological and molecular data sets. Molecular Biology and Evolution 14(8): 883–891. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025830 Reference page. 
• Jockusch, E.L., Wake, D.B. & Yanev, K.P. 1998. New species of slender salamanders, Batrachoseps (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Nevada of California. Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 472: 1–17. BHL Reference page. 
• Jockusch, E.L., Yanev, K.P. & 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 15: 54–99. DOI: 10.2307/1467038 Reference page. 
• Jockusch, E.L. & Wake, D.B. 2002. Falling apart and merging: diversification of slender salamanders (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) in the American West. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 76(3): 361–391. DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00071.x Reference page. 

• Jockusch, E.L., Hansen, R.W., Fisher, R.N. & Wake, D.B. 2020. Slender salamanders (genus Batrachoseps) reveal Southern California to be a center for the diversification, persistence, and introduction of salamander lineages. PeerJ 8: e9599. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9599 Reference page. 
• Sweet, S.S. & Jockusch, E.L. 2021. A New Relict Species of Slender Salamander (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) with a Tiny Range from Point Arguello, California. Ichthyology & Herpetology 109(3): 836–850. DOI: 10.1643/h2020027 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Slender Salamanders

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