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Desert Slender Salamander

Batrachoseps aridus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 4, February 3, March 3, April 4, May 4, June 3, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 3, November 4, December 3.
United States41
California41

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • RegenerationCan regrow lost body partsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderSalamanders · Caudata
FamilyLungless Salamanders · Plethodontidae
GenusSlender Salamanders · Batrachoseps

Sources

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