Black-bellied Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps nigriventris)

Created: February 14th, 2010 - 06:27 PM
Last Modified: February 14th, 2010 - 06:31 PM Entered by: Kevin LaPierre
Record 38411

Country: United States		State: California	County: Orange County	Time: 2010-02-12 14:35:00
Qty: 2	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Log flipping	Habitat: Oak Woodland
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 65.00F	Ground Temperature: 60.00F	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 740.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

First warm day after recent rains. Ground still heavily saturated, but every oak log turned had two or more B. nigriventris. Some also appeared to be B. major major, but was not able to adequately compare them. Temperature was in mid-60's in the woodland.

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Comments

Posted by Matthew Gruen on Jan 05, 2014 at 02:35 PM

did you get any belly shots?

Posted by Matthew Gruen on Jan 25, 2012 at 11:03 PM

that first pic is B.m.major for sure second one looks to be as well