Oregon Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis)
Last Modified: February 7th, 2012 - 01:55 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 42912
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Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Shasta County |
Time: 2010-04-19 15:04:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Rock flipping |
Habitat: Small clearing in Pine forest |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: ----- |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
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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