Batrachoseps

Batrachoseps attenuatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Hemidactyliinae
Genus: Batrachoseps
Species (22): B. altasierrae – B. attenuatus – B. bramei – B. campi – B. diabolicus – B. gabrieli – B. gavilanensis – B. gregarius – B. incognitus – B. kawia – B. luciae – B. major – B. minor – B. nigriventris – B. pacificus – B. regius – B. relictus – B. robustus – B. simatus – B. stebbinsi – B. wakei – B. wrighti

Name

Batrachoseps Bonaparte, 1839: fol. 131

Type species: Salamandrina attenuata Eschscholtz, 1833, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Plethopsis Bishop, 1937: 93 [synonymised by Stebbins & Lowe (1949: 128)]
- Type species: Plethopsis wrighti Bishop, 1937, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Bonaparte, C.L. 1832–1841. Iconographia della Fauna Italica per le Quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Tomo II. Amphibi. Salviucci: Rome. 65 pp. + 153 pls. BHL Reference page.
Bishop, S.C. 1937. A remarkable new salamander from Oregon. Herpetologica 1(3): 93–95. JSTOR Reference page.
Stebbins, R.C., & Lowe, Jr., C.H. 1949. The Systematic Status of Plethopsis with a Discussion of Speciation in the Genus Batrachoseps. Copeia 1949(2): 116–129. DOI: 10.2307/1438486 Reference page.

Additional references

Brame, Jr., A.H. & Murray, K.F. 1968. 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. Reference page.
Jackman, T.R., Applebaum, G. & Wake, D.B. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of bolitoglossine salamanders: a demonstration of the effects of combining morphological and molecular data sets. Molecular Biology and Evolution 14(8): 883–891. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025830 Reference page.
Jockusch, E.L., Wake, D.B. & Yanev, K.P. 1998. New species of slender salamanders, Batrachoseps (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra Nevada of California. Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 472: 1–17. BHL Reference page.
Jockusch, E.L., Yanev, K.P. & Wake, D.B. 2001. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of slender salamanders, genus Batrachoseps (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from central coastal California with descriptions of four new species. Herpetological Monographs 15: 54–99. DOI: 10.2307/1467038 Reference page.
Jockusch, E.L. & Wake, D.B. 2002. Falling apart and merging: diversification of slender salamanders (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) in the American West. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 76(3): 361–391. DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00071.x Reference page.
Wake, D.B., Yanev, K.P. & Hansen, R.W. 2002. New Species of Slender Salamander, Genus Batrachoseps, from the Southern Sierra Nevada of California. Copeia 2002(4): 1016–1028. JSTOR Reference page.
Martínez-Solano, I., Jockusch, E.L. & Wake, D.B. 2007. Extreme population subdivision throughout a continuous range: phylogeography of Batrachoseps attenuatus (Caudata: Plethodontidae) in western North America. Molecular Ecology 16(20): 4335–4355. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03527.x Reference page.
Jockusch, E.L., Martínez-Solano, I., Hansen, R.W. & Wake, D.B. 2012. Morphological and molecular diversification of slender salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) in the southern Sierra Nevada of California with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3190(1): 1–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3190.1.1 Reference page.
Martínez-Solano, I., Peralta-García, A., Jockusch, E.L., Wake, D.B., Vázquez-Domínguez, E. & Parra-Olea, G. 2012. Molecular systematics of Batrachoseps (Caudata, Plethodontidae) in southern California and Baja California: mitochondrial-nuclear DNA discordance and the evolutionary history of B. major. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(1): 131–149. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.026 Reference page.
Jockusch, E.L., Martínez-Solano, I. & Timpe, E.K. 2015. The Effects of Inference Method, Population Sampling, and Gene Sampling on Species Tree Inferences: An Empirical Study in Slender Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps). Systematic Biology 64(1): 66–83. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu078 Reference page.
Jockusch, E.L., Hansen, R.W., Fisher, R.N. & Wake, D.B. 2020. Slender salamanders (genus Batrachoseps) reveal Southern California to be a center for the diversification, persistence, and introduction of salamander lineages. PeerJ 8: e9599. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9599 Reference page.
Sweet, S.S. & Jockusch, E.L. 2021. A New Relict Species of Slender Salamander (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) with a Tiny Range from Point Arguello, California. Ichthyology & Herpetology 109(3): 836–850. DOI: 10.1643/h2020027 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Slender Salamanders

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