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Salamanders Flashcards

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Taricha torosa

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California newt/ Coast Range newt 
Salamandridae
Range: Coastal from SF Bay to Southern California (disjunct) and Sierra's
Lower eyelid without color
Teeth in roof of mouth are Y shaped
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Taricha granulosa

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Rough-skinned Newt
Salamandridae
Range: SF Bay up along Coast to Northern CA and inland in N. CA
Eyes do not extend past outline of head
Lower eyelid dark colored
Teeth in roof of mouth V shaped
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Taricha rivularis

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Red-bellied Newt
Salamandridae 
Range: North Coast about Bay Area
Dark eyes
Tomato-red ventral color
Broad dark band across vent
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Taricha Sierrae

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Sierra Newt
Salamandridae
Range: up to 2,000m in western drainages of Sierra, isolated populations in Shasta County
Used to be subspecies of T. torosa

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Ambystoma gracile

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Northwestern salamander
Ambystomatidae 
Range: Northwest CA
Brown almost black coloring- armor looking 
Large paratoid glands
Grandular thickening along upper border of tail- developed ridges along tail (poison glands) 
No foot tubercles 
Paedomorphic
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Ambystoma macrodactylum

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Long-toed Salamander
Ambystomatidae
Range: Sierra Nevadas- North East CA
Subspecies in Santa Cruz
Black above with bright yellow dorsal stripes usually broken
Foot tubercles
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Ambystoma californiense

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California Tiger Salamander
Ambystomatidae
Range: Highly fragmented, Santa Rosa county through Great Valley along coast and Central California
Flattened head with small protruding eyes
Black dorsal body with large yellow spots
Foot tubercles
Hybridizing with introduced A. tigrinum

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Ambystoma tigrinum

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Tiger Salamander
Ambystomatidae
Range: Widely distributed, fragmented populations all over California
Rounder head than A. californiense
Marbled coloring 
Small foot tubercles
Introduced
Paedomorphic
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Dicamptodon ensatus

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California Giant Salamander
Dicamptodontidae
Range: Coast on either side of Bay Area, absent in East Bay
Heavy-bodied salamander, sturdy limbs, 
Tan coloring with dark brown marbling 
Stream larvae- reduced gills
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Dicamptodon tenebrosus

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Pacific Giant Salamander
Dicamptodontidae
Range: North West Coast Range
Smaller head and limbs than D. ensatus
Darker coloring
Neotenic specimen
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Rhyacotriton variegatus

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Southern Torrent Salamander
Rhyacotritonidae
Range:Humid forests or North Coast Range
Short- flat sided tail
Square cut vent lobes in males
Dorsal body mottled olive and dusky ventral sides greenish yellow with dark flecks
Small 
Aquatic- stream, paddle like tails, greatly reduced gills in larvae
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Aneides ferrus

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Clouded Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: Smallest NW tip of CA
Used to be subspecies of A. vagrans

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Aneides flavipunctatus

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Black Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: North Coast Range to Sonoma Co., subspecies in Santa Cruz 
Short limbs and toes
14-16 costal grooves
Black with pale spots
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Aneides lugubris

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Arboreal Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: Entire Coast starting in Humboldt, disjunct population is lower Sierra's 
Stocky body, large jaw muscles
Rounded tail, prehensile
Toe tips blunt
Gray-brown with small pale spots
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Aneides vagrans

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Wandering Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: NW Coast, from Sonoma to top
Slim, flattened body
16-17 costal grooves
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Batrachoseps attenuatus

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California Slender Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: North Coast through Bay Area, Sierran foothills
Extremely small, reduced limbs
Tail almost twice as long as SV
Batrachoseps genus is a complex of 21 species found in Pacific Coast of N.America

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Ensatina eschscholtzii

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Ensatina
Plethodontidae
Range: Ring species around Central Valley
Tail constricted at base
E. e. xanthoptica (Bay Area subspecies) is a Taricha mimic, “yellow eyes”

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Ensatina klauberi

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Large-blotched Ensatina
Plethodontidae
Range: South California, inland
Black with pale bands across body
Two yellow spots on head
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Hydromantes brunus

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Limestone Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: Limestone areas of Sierra Nevadas, Merced River
Dark brown dorsal color, pale gray ventral
Webbed toes

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Hydromantes platycephalus

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Mount Lyell Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: Isolated pockets in Sierra Nevadas and Sierra buttes
Broad flat head
Webbed toes
Brown black dorsal with flecks of pale gold (rock like)
Whitish spots on sides and throat of ventral

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Hydromantes shastae

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Shasta Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: Shasta Co
Larger eyes
Reddish dorsal white blotching on center ventral
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Plethodon asupak

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Scott Bar Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: Small area of N Siskiyou Co
Used to be subspecies of P. stormi

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Plethodon stormi

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Siskiyou Mountains Salamander 
Plethodontidae
Range: Creek drainages of Siskyou Co 
17 costal folds
Brown and heavily speckled
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Plethodon dunni

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Dunn's Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: West of Cascade Mtns, NW tip of CA
14-17 costal grooves (usually 15)
Yellow tan dorsal stripe
Dark brown sides 
Upper limbs covered with dorsal stripe
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Plethodon elongatus

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Del Norte Salamander
Plethodontidae
Range: 3,000 ft elevation, NW tip of CA, humid forests
18 costal grooves
Slightly webbed toes
Dark brown dorsal, even edged dorsal stripe

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