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Oregon Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis)

Created: April 20th, 2010 - 01:39 AM
Last Modified: February 7th, 2012 - 01:55 AM
Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 42912
Country:
United States
State:
California
County:
Shasta County
Time:
2010-04-19 15:04:00
Qty:
1
Age:
Adult
Sex:
--
Method:
Rock flipping
Habitat:
Small clearing in Pine forest
Body Temperature:
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Air Temperature:
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Ground Temperature:
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Humidity:
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Sky Conditions:
Partly Cloudy
Moon Phase:
Waxing Crescent
Elevation:
3696.50ft
Barometric Pressure:
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Notes

First photo as found. I ran clean water over specimen for other photographs. Flipped under rock early in search, but only Ensatina found at locale. There was a small forest scorpion living under same rock.

Update Feb 6 2012 - Changed subspecies to oregonensis

Originally I believed specimen to be E. e. oregonensis X E. e. platensis

However it has come to my attention that extensive sampling within Shasta County found no localities where the two forms co-exist. There is one locale that *may* be genuine integrades but this specimen was found far from it and well within what genetically consistently keys out to oregonensis.

Since it is my suspicion that there may be species split within Ensatina complex coming, I decided to update this record to reflect the subspecies by range currently supported by genetic sampling.

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