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Batrachoseps attenuatus
The California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) is a lungless salamander[2] that is found primarily in coastal mountain areas of Northern California, United States as well as in a limited part of the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, California, in patches of the northern Central Valley of California, and in extreme southwestern Oregon. What makes this amphibian notable is that this species resides primarily in a limited range within California as one of a handful quasi-endemic amphibians in the state.
moist leaf litter, below pine trees
Spotted on Feb 18, 2012
Submitted on Feb 18, 2012
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We get these in our backyard in the Oakland foothills. I'd always thought they were commonly called slender-legged salamanders, but that's the problem with common names I guess. =)