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San Gabriel slender salamander

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Caudata

Genus
  
Batrachoseps

Higher classification
  
Slender salamander

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Plethodontidae

Scientific name
  
Batrachoseps gabrieli

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Slender salamander, Black‑bellied slender salamander, Gregarious slender salamander, Salamander, Relictual slender salamander

The San Gabriel slender salamander (Batrachoseps gabrieli) is a species of salamander. It has a worm-like body, a large head and large limbs, and an elongate cylindrical tail of less than 1.5 times its body length. An adult salamander is between 3 and 5 cm long. It has a black dorsum with white, coppery, and orange blotches, and an immaculate black venter. It may have red spots on tail.

B. gabrieli is similar to the related species B. pacificus and B. nigriventis.

This species is only known from the San Gabriel Canyon system, and typically lives above 1,000 meters in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County.

References

San Gabriel slender salamander Wikipedia