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Amphibia    Caudata    Plethodontidae  

Relictual Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps relictus Brame and Murray, 1968

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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Province/State Distribution:
USA: California

First instance(s) of published English names:
Relictual Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps relictus: Collins, Joseph T., James E. Huheey, James L. Knight, and Hobart M. Smith. 1978. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Circulars (7):36);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1949 Stebbins, Robert C. and Charles H. Lowe. The systematic status of Plethopsis with a discussion of speciation in the genus Batrachoseps. Copeia 1949(2):116-129
1968 Brame, A. H., Jr. and K. F. Murray. Three new slender salamanders (Batrachoseps) with a discussion of relationships and speciation within the genus. Science Bulletin. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 4:1–35
1993 Arnold, Steven J., Nancy L. Reagan, and Paul A. Verrell. Reproductive isolation and speciation in plethodontid salamanders. Herpetologica 49(2):216-228
2010 Kozak, Kenneth H. and John J. Wiens. Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecology Letters 13:1378-1389
2014 Highton, Richard. Detecting cryptic species in phylogeographic studies: Speciation in the California Slender Salamander, Batrachoseps attenuatus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71:127-141
2025 Moss, C. D., Robert W. Hansen, N. R. Van Gilder, and E. L. Jockusch Distribution, natural history, and conservation status of the Relictual Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps relictus). Northwestern Naturalist 105:32–47

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