Batrachoseps attenuatus

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 Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species: Batrachoseps attenuatus

Name

Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz, 1833)

Type locality: "Umbegung der Bai St. Francisco auf Californien" (= Vicinity of the Bay of San Francisco, California), USA.

Holotype: Not stated.

Synonyms

• Salamandrina attenuata Eschscholtz, 1833
• Batrachoseps attenuatus — Bonaparte, 1839
• Batrachoseps attenuata — Baird, 1850
• Batrachoseps caudatus Cope, 1889
• Batrachoseps attenuatus attenuatus — Dunn, 1926
• Batrachoseps attenuatus caudatus — Dunn, 1926
• Batrachoseps (Batrachoseps) attenuatus — Jockusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998

References

• Eschscholtz, 1833, Zool. Atlas, Part 5: 1.
• Bonaparte, 1839, Iconograph. Fauna Ital., 2 (Fasc. 26): fol. 131.
• Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Batrachoseps attenuatus
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Batrachoseps attenuatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Batrachoseps attenuatus  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 29 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: California Slender Salamander