Relictual Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps relictus)
Created: November 1st, 2019 - 09:28 AM
Last Modified: November 24th, 2019 - 08:44 AM Entered by: Jonathan Hakim
Record 327450
Last Modified: November 24th, 2019 - 08:44 AM Entered by: Jonathan Hakim
Record 327450
|
Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Tulare County |
Time: 2018-05-26 14:45:00 |
|
|
Qty: 1 |
Age: Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Rock flipping |
Habitat: streambed in mountain forest |
|
Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: ----- |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
|
|
Sky Conditions: Showers |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: ----- |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
|
Notes
This is actually Batrachoseps altasierrae, the Greenhorn Mountains Slender Salamander. Apparently this is rather late in the year to find them, but I saw five in this streambed with little searching effort, this adult and four other subadults. More details here:
https://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/2018/12/27/california-waters-salamanders-in-the-cracks/
Vouchers
