Kingdom Animalia Order Caudata Genus Batrachoseps Higher classification Slender salamander | Phylum Chordata Family Plethodontidae Scientific name Batrachoseps major Rank Species | |
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Similar Slender salamander, Salamander, Black‑bellied slender salamander, Amphibians, Gabilan Mountains slender s | ||
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The garden slender salamander (Batrachoseps major) is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is found in northern Baja California in Mexico and Southern California in the United States.
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Distribution
The garden slender salamander's natural habitats, in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges, are chaparral and woodlands, temperate coniferous forests, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas.
This salamander eats worms of many types and crawling arthropods of lesser size, such as pill bugs.
Conservation
The garden slender salamander is threatened by habitat loss, it is an IUCN Red List Least concern monitored species.
One subspecies, the desert slender salamander (B. m. aridus, sometimes Batrachoseps aridus), is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.